Women & Gender Studies

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Selfless Service
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Selfless Service

Women and Volunteering in Wartime

From: Material Traces of War

In both world wars, volunteering was arguably the most socially acceptable manner for women to support the war effort. This chapter includes a number of stories of individuals whose contributions … ; ; 54 $5.40 Add
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“Selling Sex?  It's Really Like Selling Your Soul”

“Selling Sex? It’s Really Like Selling Your Soul”

Vulnerability to and the Experiences of Exploitation through Child Prostitution

From: Being Heard

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Serendipity: happy surprise

Serendipity: happy surprise

PART 1: DEVELOPING THE NERVE TO LEAD

From: Nerve

The authors talk about the serendipity of impactful relationships and moments. They remember their mentors, sponsors and the lessons they have learned throughout their life and career. ; 14 $1.40 Add
Setting the Stage: What Does it Mean to be a Woman or a Man?

Setting the Stage: What Does it Mean to be a Woman or a Man?

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Settler Colonialism and Intimate Terrorism

Settler Colonialism and Intimate Terrorism

From: Insurgent Love

In this chapter, Whynacht explores the link between systems of colonialism and domestic homicide. She proceeds to argue that the first formations of coercive control relations in the Americas … 25 $2.50 Add
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Seventeen Kilometers Away but Worlds Apart

Seventeen Kilometers Away but Worlds Apart

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her first day at a university in Israel, roughly seventeen kilometres from her village of Laqiya. 4 $0.40 Add
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Sewing the Threads of Resilience

Sewing the Threads of Resilience

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

Twentieth-Century Indian Homemakers’ Clubs in Western Canada 18 $1.80 Add
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Sex (and Settlement) in the City

Sex (and Settlement) in the City

From: Hard to Do

Korducki explores, or rather explodes, the myth of the 1920s Flapper popularized today and its inherent symbols – independent women, bobbed hair, rouged cheeks, smoking cigarettes, driving … 31 $3.10 Add
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Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

From: Any Other Way

Ed Jackson explores the truth behind the legend of Alexander Wood, a merchant and prominent Torontonian who was embroiled in a sex scandal in the early 1800’s. 2 $0.20 Add
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Sexcapades and Stampede Queens

Sexcapades and Stampede Queens

From: Stampede

In this chapter, Williams explores the gendered dynamics of the Stampede, focusing on sex tourism, male violence against women, and consent. 35 $3.50 Add
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Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment

A Feminist Phrase that Transformed the Workplace

From: 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions

Personal reflections on a 25-year campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace. 28 $2.80 Add
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Sexual Orientation and Religion in Canada

Sexual Orientation and Religion in Canada

Ligitation and Beyond

From: Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society

Examination of the conflict between religious rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. 35 $3.50 Add
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Shame and silence in health care

Shame and silence in health care

From: Bent out of Shape

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Sharing Parental Leave-- A Radical Step?

Sharing Parental Leave– A Radical Step?

From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

Quebec is a trailblazer in North America when it comes to paternity leave, borrowing from a tried-and-true template popular in Scandinavian nations; however, fathers in Quebec are more hesitant … 30 $3.00 Add
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Sharon McIvor

Sharon McIvor

Women of Action

From: Making Space For Indigenous Feminism

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She Rises
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She Rises

From: The Story is in Our Bones

This chapter explores the disproportionate impact of ecological crises on women and gender-diverse people, especially those who are Indigenous, Black, Brown, Asian, or from other marginalized … 16 $1.60 Add