Search Results: Women & Women's Studies from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: MJF Books, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4th Printing Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards and spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Ink gift inscription marked out with green marker; other text block clean & tight, no other writing, no markings. Dust jacket in fine condition; no price on front flap.

Massachusetts: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, Inc., 1987. Soft cover. Good. Trade Paperback in good condition. No markings throughout. Text block tight and clean. Wraps show mild shelf and edge wear.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G.P. Putnam & Son, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including the number one. Red boards with gold spine lettering in very good condition; some spotting on bottom half of front board. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good showing only the lightest of shelf & edge wear. 338 pages. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a topic even more incendiary than presidential politics: sexual politics.""

Boston, MA: Becon Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with only a ghost of shelf wear. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, ""In Becoming Gentlemen, Guinier, Fine and Balin dare us to question what it means to become professionally qualified, what a fair goal in education might be, and what we can learn from the experience of women law students about teaching and evaluating students in general.""

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Originally published in 1859. This edition published in 1992 with a new Introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Appears unread. * From WorldCat summary, "" Augusta Jane Evans was one of the the most popular domestic novelists of the latter half of the nineteenth century. She was the author of eight novels, of which Beulah was the second. For this new edition, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese's introduction traces the history of the novel and places in it in the context of the climate of the 1850s. From the book, ""Beulah articulated two of the principal concerns of a generation of nineteenth-century American women - the constraints of domestic life and the desire for freedom to engage in intellectual and philosophical pursuits.""

U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Wraps bright & crisp with only hint of shelf & edgewear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. * From the book, ""In this challenging book, historian Constance H. Buchanan shows that while public debate often blames women for the nation's ""crisis of values, "" women's leadership actually has the potential to solve this crisis by redefining the American pattern of adult life and work.""

Ballantine Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with tan boards, blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers depict a map of the World in 1890 and show Elizabeth Bisland's Westbound Route and Nellie Bly's Eastbound Route. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with just a ghost of shelf & edge wear; has been price clipped. * From the book, ""On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around. Also departing from New York that day - and heading in the opposite direction by train - was a young journalist from The Cosmopolitan magazine, Elizabeth Bisland. Each woman was determined to outdo Jules Verne's fictional hero… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in fine condition. First Edition per complete number line. Wraps clear & crisp with no defects. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. 268 pages. * A volume from the American Academy of Religion's Cultural Criticism Series. From the book back, "". . . interdisciplinary volume. . . . presents a multicultural study of ancient and contemporary texts that explore the dynamic relationship between women and the sacred. . . ""

Metropolitan Books, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition 2014 in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards and gold gilt spine lettering; small bump to front board at top corner. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white and color photographs. Dust jacket likewise in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book jacket, ""An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works - and really doesn't. .... In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Elizabeth Warren at last tells her story.....why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class - and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America's government can and must do better for working families....""

NY: Gotham Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Printing, April 2009. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book, ""Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight different states yet managed to maintain an enduring friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, a child's illness, and the mysterious death of one member of their group. . . . a testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life's joys and challenges--and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.""

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with crisp & clean pictorial wraps; very light spotting / foxing to top text block. Interior text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, ""Sometimes it feels like Hurt, Loneliness, Betrayal, Fear. But there is a way to fill those empty places. . . . Many women are overtaken from time to time, with a great sense of emptiness. isolation. or a vague uneasiness that comes from a source they cannot trace. Many live for years trying to quiet the unhappy thought: ""Something is wrong with me--but I don't know what it is.""

New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition per complete number line including number 1 and same date on title page and copyright page. Hard cover in very good condition with teal green boards, rose spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear, dog-ear crease at top corner of front jacket flap. No price on flap.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; no other printings noted; same date on Title Page and Copyright Page. Black boards with black spine cloth and gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight, side edges uncut. No markings noted. Dust jacket good with slight shelf & edge wear. Crease on front inner flap. Not price clipped; 286 pages.

Viking, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in fine condition with cream boards and teal spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Contains two sections of 8 leaves/16 pages each of glossy black & white photographs. Concludes with a section of Sources, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 540 numbered pages. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped.* From WorldCat, ""A group portrait of four remarkable - and wealthy - New York women whose lives became intertwined as they pioneered new roles for women. With dash, wit, intelligence, and industry. Elisabeth Marbury, her partner, Elsie de Wolfe, Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P.Morgan, and Anne Vanderbilt had the courage to use their privileged status to transform their world...""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. White boards with light blue veining and solid blue spine cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Top & bottom of spine slightly bumped. Deep powder blue end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Side text block pages uncut. DJ very good & not price clipped. Back of DJ has a quarter circle scratch on left half of center. See photo for detail.

Harvard University Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition, Copyright 1988 and no additional printings noted. Hardcover in very good condition with rose colored cloth boards and silver spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with tiny edgewear and chips at head of spine and closed tears, chips, and wrinkle at heel of spine. 313 numbered pages. * Concludes with an extensive section of References for further reading and an Index. Summary from the dust jacket flap, ""In the fourteen articles collected in this volume, Gilligan and her colleagues expand the theoretical base of 'In a Different Voice' (Harvard University Press, 1982) and apply their research methods to a variety of life situations. The contrasting voices of justice and care clarify different ways in which women and men speak about relationships and lend different meanings to connection, dependence, autonomy, responsibility, loyalty,… Read More

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including the number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust Jacket likewise very good; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . a variety of groundbreaking concepts involving the personality, lifestyle, motives, beliefs, and spending habits of economically successful American businesswomen. . . . Stanley asked, ""How did these businesswomen become millionaires? They did it by doing more of the key activities and achieving better results than most of their male counterparts. . . ""

Guilford, CT: TwoDot, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition / First Printing. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Book is signed by author on title page (signature not authenticated.) * From the book, "". . . profiles the lives of twelve resourceful women, all of whom were born before 1900 and displayed remarkable courage as they broke through social, cultural, and political barriers to advance women's roles. These women defied the social norms and prejudices of their time, making lasting contributions to society.""

Woodstock, N.Y.: Windsor-Brooke Books, LLC, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition stated on copyright page in publisher's cataloging info and no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""Readers of ""Princess,"" the international best selling book about Princess Sultana, were gripped by the revelations of life with unimaginable wealth and shocking human rights abuses inside the royal family of Saudi Arabia.. . . In ""Princess Sultana's Daughters,"" the chilling truth of life behind the veil carried on with the compelling stories of Sultana's young daughters and other members of the Saudi royal family. . . . Now, with ""Princess Sultana's… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Picador USA, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps very good with only gentlest shelf & edge wear.