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"A collection of essays taking aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women"--

A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.

From the White House to Congress, from activists to protestors, from liberals to conservatives, a Washington Post columnist presents the first comprehensive portrait of women's historic political surge provoked by the horror of President Trump.

An in-depth look at life for girls and women in America in 1904, discussing city and town life, social reform, new inventions, amusements, and more.

Argues in a series of essays about contemporary social and political issues, including attacks on women and minorities, that the first step in the struggle for social justice is to name the situation accurately.

A lively, fascinating, eye-opening look at women and aging in America, by the beloved New York Times columnist. "You're not getting older, you're getting better," or so promised the famous 1970's ad--for women's hair dye. Americans have always had a complicated relationship with aging: embrace it, deny it, defer it--and women have been on the front lines of the battle, willingly or not. In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed...

Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the "greatest generation."