Women's Studies Books


A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your MarriageA Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage
Best Price: $5.95
This book is exactly what I needed. I suggest that every new wife and seasoned vets should read...
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American CitizenWrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
Best Price: $8.75
I greatly admired Griffin's CHORUS OF STONES and its deft handling of the personal and the...
Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (Seal Women's Travel)Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (Seal Women's Travel)
Best Price: $7.90
"Tales from the Expat Harem" was going around our book club. At first I avoided...
Her Name Is Woman, Book 1: 24 Women of the BibleHer Name Is Woman, Book 1: 24 Women of the Bible
Best Price: $2.35
Gien Karssen is timeless in her presentation of the women of the Bible. You will love how she...
Conversations on Purpose for Women: 10 Appointments That Will Help You Discover God's Plan for Your LifeConversations on Purpose for Women: 10 Appointments That Will Help You Discover God's Plan for Your Life
Best Price: $7.92
This book and the companion book (Pathway to Purpose for Women) are INCREDIBLE and deliver on...


A Mother's Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own WordsA Mother's Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own Words
Best Price: $6.30
This book is just wonderful! I bought one, then decided to buy 4 more so that each of my...
A Woman's Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine Life CycleA Woman's Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine Life Cycle
Best Price: $0.96
Written by the Harvard Medical School author responsible for MINDING THE BODY, MENDING THE MIND,...
Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for SelfOphelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self
Best Price: $1.94
Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler, is a book filled with heart warming stories from adolescents...
The Creation of Patriarchy (Women & History)The Creation of Patriarchy (Women & History)
Best Price: $5.50
This book is the perfect gift - for an historian studying the intellectual history of the...
Leaving My Father's House:  A Journey to Conscious FemininityLeaving My Father's House: A Journey to Conscious Femininity
Best Price: $12.98
We can't think about fathers without thinking about how our relationships with the men in our...


Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (Gender and American Culture)Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (Gender and American Culture)
Best Price: $11.69
While the book is interesting, it has some real editing problems with free standing quotes that...
The Lost Daughters of ChinaThe Lost Daughters of China
Best Price: $1.93
This was an interesting book for those that might be planning to adopt from China. It talks...
My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962
Best Price: $1.40
I recently picked this volume up when I visited Val-Kill her house a few miles away from the...
Letters of a Woman HomesteaderLetters of a Woman Homesteader
Best Price: $4.95
Wonderfull stories actually written by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. The woman was a tireless worker...
MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting StrengthsMotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting Strengths
Best Price: $0.68
I can't say this to people enough; that MBTI method typing is flawed, because of the following...

The Gendered SocietyThe Gendered Society
Best Price: $7.99
I wish I could force everyone I know - male and female - to reads this book! It has lead me to...
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your MotherIf It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
Best Price: $3.30
this is a great book for any female! it puts mom/daughter relationships in a new perspective...
Women in the Classical World: Image and TextWomen in the Classical World: Image and Text
Best Price: $18.98
Elaine Fantham (perhaps best known in the non-academic community as the Classical commentator on...
More Than a Mom: Living a Full And Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special NeedsMore Than a Mom: Living a Full And Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs
Best Price: $11.81
The Mom's Choice Awards? honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An...
Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Lifelong Bond (Chicken Soup for the Soul)Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Lifelong Bond (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
Best Price: $0.95
I'm the mother of a two year old boy. I bought this book to read about other peoples...

The Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ's Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our ChildrenThe Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ's Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our Children
Best Price: $7.72
I've read many books on parenting and motherhood. By far, the best one I have read. A must...
Women Write: A Mosaic Of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay: A Mosaic Of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and EssayWomen Write: A Mosaic Of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay: A Mosaic Of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay
Best Price: $3.95
From Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf to Toni Morrison and Lorrie Moore, this wide-ranging...
Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government (Jeffersonian America)Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government (Jeffersonian America)
Best Price: $10.64
I was lucky enough to be student of Dr. Allgor's for three years and the book was everything I...
Eudora Welty : Stories, Essays & Memoir (Library of America, 102)Eudora Welty : Stories, Essays & Memoir (Library of America, 102)
Best Price: $18.49
Each new volume from The Library of America, the non-profit publisher that has become the de...
The Fertile Female: How the Power of Longing for a Child Can Save Your Life and Change the WorldThe Fertile Female: How the Power of Longing for a Child Can Save Your Life and Change the World
Best Price: $16.15
I absolutely loved this book as well as her 1st book "Inconceivable"! I also suffer...

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, With a New AfterwordThe Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Afterword
Best Price: $15.00
Fantastic work, great research...,great Subject, but need a follow up Book...to see how things...
Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (Bone Black)Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (Bone Black)
Best Price: $1.83
I read this memoir faster than I have read a memoir in a very long time. Parts of it were very...
Why So Slow? The Advancement of WomenWhy So Slow? The Advancement of Women
Best Price: $10.00
"Why So Slow" is the most useful book I've ever read on gender issues. It is packed...
The Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids--from Toddlers to Preteens--Without Threats or PunishmentThe Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids--from Toddlers to Preteens--Without Threats or Punishment
Best Price: $6.50
I wish I had found this book when my son was a toddler. It made a lot of difference in my...
The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory (Crossing Press Feminist Series)The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
Best Price: $2.00
frye is an amazing writer that discusses theory in an interesting way that interacts with the...

The Color of Violence: The Incite! AnthologyThe Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology
Best Price: $11.27
Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology is a collection of politically charged writings by a...
Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to ParentingNatural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting
Best Price: $8.98
This book covers a wide variety of topics that are important to parents. This is a must-have for...
Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want NowInside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now
Best Price: $4.60
My wife specifically requested this book on recommendation from friends. She is in the process...
Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean UnderwearFinding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear
Best Price: $11.47
From the other reviews I expected a funny, laugh out loud book about motherhood but I never once...
My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual FantasiesMy Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies
Best Price: $18.99
I first purchased a copy of My Secret Garden back in 1975. What most impressed me was the wide...

The Diaper Diaries: The Real Poop on a New Mom's First YearThe Diaper Diaries: The Real Poop on a New Mom's First Year
Best Price: $0.88
Every time I read this my eyes well with tears from laughing so hard! Every mom, young or old...
Violetta and Her Sisters: The Lady of the Camellias : Responses to the MythVioletta and Her Sisters: The Lady of the Camellias : Responses to the Myth
Best Price: $27.18
Things We Couldn't SayThings We Couldn't Say
Best Price: $12.31
I bought this book at the American Book Center in The Hague, Netherlands, a few years ago. As I...
The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific RevolutionThe Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution
Best Price: $7.75
Merchant's book is the only one out there which incorporates the history of environmental...
Written that You May Believe, Revised and Expanded: Encountering Jesus in the Fourth GospelWritten that You May Believe, Revised and Expanded: Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
Best Price: $23.89
This is an excellent book for anyone, lay or ordained, who seeks a deeper understanding of the...

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Tenth Anniversary EditionUnbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Tenth Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $13.98
I would say that this book is written from an academic perspective. I could see it being read in...
Composing a LifeComposing a Life
Best Price: $4.00
I really wanted to love this book. It came highly recommended. The first 15 pages were great--I...
The Power of Focus for Women: How to Live the Life You Really WantThe Power of Focus for Women: How to Live the Life You Really Want
Best Price: $2.98
Easy to read and understand with a great format. A necessary read for anyone who is unsure of...
Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First YearMayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year
Best Price: $8.49
Used this book throughout my pregnancy and through the 1st year. Prepares you for pregnancy,up...
It Could Happen To Anyone: Why Battered Women StayIt Could Happen To Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay
Best Price: $29.99
This book clearly answers the question everyone always wants to know: why does she stay? It...

The Female Complaint: The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American CultureThe Female Complaint: The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture
Best Price: $20.95
The Female Complaint is part of Lauren Berlant's groundbreaking "national...
Mom's Ultimate Family Organizer: A One-Stop Planner for Busy MomsMom's Ultimate Family Organizer: A One-Stop Planner for Busy Moms
Best Price: $13.49
I should have known better to buy this. Who in their right mind would carry a big bulky binder...
Rachel Calof's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern PlainsRachel Calof's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains
Best Price: $7.55
I was required to read this memoir for a U.S. History class and enjoyed it immensely. It was a...
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of LibertyKilling the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Best Price: $6.00
Although it is bittersweet (I wish there was no need for a book on this sour subject), I...
The Silent Passage: Revised and Updated EditionThe Silent Passage: Revised and Updated Edition
Best Price: $1.99
Sheehy claims that her writing of this book was the breaking of silence on a taboo subject. Her...

Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and ChildrenCelebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children
Best Price: $11.17
I was very pleased with this book on how it is detailed and easy to follow. Beautifully written...
Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed WorldFlux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World
Best Price: $4.20
A very self-indulgent look at a slice of the spoilt American female middle class who seem, in...
Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (Theories of Representation and Difference)Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (Theories of Representation and Difference)
Best Price: $15.25
I have not yet read this book, but I just finished a class Ms. Grosz taught on Sigmund Freud,...
The WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young MenThe WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
Best Price: $3.83
Im am going to try to make this short .When I went school I seen and hear the way the teachers...
Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a FamilyWaiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family
Best Price: $3.21
If you're ten pages in to Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the...

The Big Book of BirthThe Big Book of Birth
Best Price: $4.56
This book is absolutely amazing. I am pregnant with my first child. My doula service...
Modern American Women: A Documentary HistoryModern American Women: A Documentary History
Best Price: $23.00
Susan Ware's documentary history of women in the 20th century has some great material, but very...
Sexism and God-TalkSexism and God-Talk
Best Price: $5.00
I think that this book is a very helpful introduction to feminist theology for someone who is...
In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women:  Why We Hurt Each Other and How to StopIn the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women: Why We Hurt Each Other and How to Stop
Best Price: $2.88
This book did have some useful information about the sociocultural reasons behind women's...
Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human SpeciesMother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
Best Price: $8.00
Utterly fascinating and, when it comes to understanding what makes human beings tick, is of...
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