Women in the Western World: Gender

Women’s Rights offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events that make up the story of women’s struggles to achieve basic rights and full legal standing, the right to vote, the right to make their own decisions and the right to achieve dignity and equity. The source documents come from both well- and lesser-known writers from countries ranging from the United States to India to Great Britain to France. The set begins with Joan of Arc’s Letter to an English King, written in 1429 and an excerpt from The LIfe of St. Teresa of Jesus from 1565, and concludes with the Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellersted (2016) and Angela Davis’s speech at the Women’s March on Washington in 2017.

This book serves as a primer to the study of gender, including women’s, queer, and men’s studies. By employing literature, film, art, history, and other disciplines, it identifies areas of critical thought and practice in gender and sexuality studies; provides an overview of central themes, current topics, and seminal debates; and offers resources for further research. 2016.

This book discusses how culturally accepted stereotypes are impacting people throughout the United States. It examines current and emerging research on how stereotypes begin, grow, and harm the members of society—and what can be done to stop them. 2020.