Product Description: First ladies are supposed to be dignified background figures, quietly supportive of their husbands' agendas. Above all, they're not supposed to act out or cause even a whiff of scandal. Of course, reality often overrides conventional wisdom, and this book shows how far from the prim ideal many of the Presidents' wives have strayed...read more

Product Description: Women's Lives examines the full range and diversity of women's lives. Composed of 61 readings, this reader is divided into 11 sections:  Perspectives on Women's Lives  Girlhood & Adolescence  Economica and Work  Women and the Body  Violence  Sexuality  Mothering and the Family  Resistance & Social Change  Women, Culture, & Creativity  Migration & Globalization  Spirituality & Religion...read more

A warm and inspiring collection of true-life tales gathered from everyday women captures all of the joy, heartbreak, hope, and despair of modern-day life, examining such subjects as motherhood, turning thirty, and empty nest syndrome. Reprint.

Celebrates the Civil War contributions and exploits of such women spies, soldiers, journalists, doctors, and nurses as Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, Elizabeth Van Lew, Lucy Hayes, and Pauline Cushman (view table of contents)

A warm and inspiring collection of true-life tales gathered from everyday women captures all of the joy, heartbreak, hope, and despair of modern-day life, examining such subjects as motherhood, turning thirty, and empty nest syndrome. Simultaneous.

Illustrated with loving photography, this series of short vignettes captures the female relationships across generations in thirty families, where women reveal their tragedies and triumphs in the face of life's thorniest and most joyous offerings. Tour. (view table of contents)

A warm and inspiring collection of true-life tales gathered from everyday women captures all of the joy, heartbreak, hope, and despair of modern-day life, examining such subjects as motherhood, turning thirty, and empty nest syndrome. 125,000 first printing. (view table of contents)