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Simon & Schuster
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2019.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the...
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#1 The roles and behaviors I saw around me were comfortably and predictably reinforced by the images I saw on television.
#2 I remember being inspired by the women in fairy tales and myths, on television, in books, and in the pages of Life magazine. I was always looking for guidance from courageous women.
#3 I grew up reading books about girls who were brave and independent,...
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From the author of Women of Means, Unabashed Women consists of vignettes of the women who defied the mores of conventional society to live the lives they chose, regardless of cost. They are the embodiment of the quotation, "Well-behaved women seldom make history."
The good girls, those who tread the conventional path, are as memorable as grains of sand on a beach, washed away by the waves of time. In contrast, the rebel women, those who listened...
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In The Book of Women: A Celebration of Women and the Female Spirit, one of the twentieth century's greatest spiritual teachers discusses the importance and value of feminine strengths.
Osho explores the role of women in our society. Up until now, he says, both religious institutions and politics have remained male-dominated-not only male-dominated but male-chauvinistic. This has created so many of the crises that we see in the world now, brought...
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When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage.
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"Dennis Lehane meets Smilla's Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions Elisabeth Elo's debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talking girl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north. When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds herself abandoned in the North Atlantic. Somehow, she survives...
11) Duplicity
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Fina Ludlow novels volume 4
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English
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"Gutsy Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow returns with a case that puts her faith to the test--in the latest addition to the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft. When Ceci Renard hires Ludlow and Associates to sue the hip new church that she believes has brainwashed her daughter, Fina Ludlow is assigned to the case. Covenant Rising Church has all the trappings of a less-than-holy organization: a slick young pastor and his comely wife; fancy houses and...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"The empowering story of a group of spirited stewardesses who fought for their rights in the cabin and revolutionized the workplace for all American women"--
In the 1960s, as flying boomed in the 1960s, women were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations. "Sky girls" had to adhere to strict weight limits at all times, or be suspended from work. They couldn't marry or...
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Josie Gray mysteries volume 2
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"It was pure luck that Josie Gray spotted Cassidy Harper's car, abandoned on the side of the road. If she hadn't, then she'd never have found Cassidy, lying nearly dead of heatstroke on the desert sand beside the body of a Mexican immigrant. But Cassidy can't explain why she was out for a walk in the midday desert heat, let alone how she happened upon the corpse. And once Josie sees the ominous wounds on the man's body, she knows she needs to find...
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A collection of stories that explores the lives of talented, gutsy women throughout history. Now Megan Mayhew Bergman resurrects these women, lets them live in the reader's imagination, so we can explore their difficult choices. Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity--she raced speed boats or was a conjoined twin in show business; a reclusive painter of renown; a member of the first all-female, integrated...
16) Aussie rules
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"It's bad enough that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson has to clean up after her lovable but completely disorganized best friend and business partner, Dimi, while her certifiable employees make more work than they do. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see is back and looking for trouble. Scratch that, he is trouble. Bo Black wants his family's airport back, and he's determined to get it. This laid-back Aussie is nobody's fool. Thing is, neither is Mel....
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"A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX"--
"By prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, the 1972 legislation popularly known as Title IX profoundly changed the lives of millions in the United States, accelerating a movement for equal education in classrooms, on sports fields, and in all of campus life. 37 Words is the story...
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In 2015, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy performance by midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick -- three goals in one game -- during the first sixteen minutes. But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer career at...
19) Foal play
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Colleen McCabe novels volume 1
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"Colleen McCabe is enjoying an uneventful summer in North Carolina's Outer Banks supervising her firefighters, making rounds with her Border collie, Sparky, and keeping an eye on the wild horses escaped from the local sanctuary. But when a dead body washes up on shore, she knows trouble has arrived in Corolla. Colleen is ready to start work on the investigation, but much to her irritation, her best friend, Sheriff Bill Dorman, makes it clear he doesn't...
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"New York, 1868. Sisters. Lovers. Con Artists. Gender equality warriors. Tennessee Claflin has enjoyed roaring success enthralling clients as a 'spiritual' clairvoyant healer. Now she's burnt out and ready to make a change. But her family is ambitious and insists she perform one more trick. At first, the scheme seems perfect. There's only one problem - sometimes, her visions are real. Tennessee is a woman no one takes seriously. But, she craves only...
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