Books in the Women's Leadership Library

Books in the Women's Leadership Library

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Biography/Autobiography | Fiction | History | Journals and Magazines | Non-fiction | Poetry |
Rape and Sexual Assault | Religion and Spirituality | Sex and Sexuality | Women of Color

Biography/Autobiography

Author Title Category Call Number
Bacon, Margaret Hope Valiant Friend: The Life of Lucretia Mott Autobiography & Biography BIO B4
Banner, Lois W. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Autobiography & Biography BIO B
Beilenson, Evelyn L. and Ann Tenenbaum Wit and Wisdom of Famous American Women Autobiography & Biography BIO B
Bennett, Joan Virginia Woolf: Her Art as a Novelist Autobiography & Biography BIO B10
Chicago, Judy Through the Flower: my struggle as a woman artist Autobiography & Biography BIO C8
Goldman, Emma Living My Life Autobiography & Biography BIO G5a
Ireland, Patricia What Women Want: A Journey to Personal and Political Power Autobiography & Biography BIO I10
Madsen, Axel Hearts and Minds: The Common Journey of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre Autobiography & Biography BIO M5
Mandela, Winnie Part of My Soul Went with Him Autobiography & Biography BIO M10
Morgan, Robin Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicles of a Feminist Autobiography & Biography BIO M35
Nagel, Gunther Iron Will: The Life and Letters of Jane Stanford Autobiography & Biography BIO N5
Quinn, Susan Marie Curie: A Life Autobiography & Biography BIO Q5
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It History
Autobiography & Biography		 HIS R
BIO R
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists Autobiography & Biography BIO R
Sanger, Margaret Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography Autobiography & Biography BIO S10
Seagraves, Anne High-Spirited Women of the West Autobiography & Biography BIO S
Shulman, Alix Kates Red Emma Speaks: an Emma Goldman Reader Autobiography & Biography BIO S15
Stein, Gertrude The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas Autobiography & Biography BIO S25
Walker, Alice (ed.) I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader Autobiography & Biography BIO W

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Fiction

Author Title Category Call Number
Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina Fiction FIC A
Buck, Claire Guide to Women’s Literature Throughout the World Fiction FIC B
Cahil, Susan Women & Fiction:
Short Stories By and About Women		 Fiction FIC C
Carter, Angela The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales Fiction FIC C
Cather, Willa O Pioneers!: A Classic Novel of the American Prairie Fiction FIC C
Cather, Willa Five Stories Fiction FIC C
Colette Cheri and the Last of Cheri Fiction FIC C
Colette Journey For Myself Fiction FIC C
Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss Fiction FIC E
Emecheta, Buchi The Bride Price Fiction FIC E
Emecheta, Buchi The Joys of Motherhood Fiction FIC E
French, Marilyn Her Mother’s Daughter Fiction FIC F
Gilbert, Sandra M. & Gubar, Susan The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Tradition in English (volume 1) Fiction FIC G
Gilbert, Sandra M. & Gubar, Susan The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Tradition in English (volume 2) Fiction FIC G
Gilbert, Sandra M. & Gubar, Susan The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Tradition in English (volume 3) Fiction FIC G
Jagger, Alison M. and Struhl, Paula Rothenberg Feminist Frameworks: Alternative Theoretical Accounts of the Relations Between Women and Men Fiction FIC J
Kincaid, Jamaica Lucy Fiction FIC K
Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebook Fiction FIC L
McRobbie, Angela & McCabe, Trisha Feminism for Girls: An Adventure Story Fiction FIC M
Nin, Anais The Novel of the Future Fiction FIC N
Ragan, Kathleen Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters Fiction FIC R
Shange, Ntozake Three Pieces Fiction FIC S
Stein, Gertrude Tender Buttons Fiction FIC S
Woolf, Virginia Three Guineas Fiction FIC W
Woolf, Virginia A Room of One’s Own Fiction FIC W
Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse Fiction FIC W

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History

Author Title Category Call Number
Balser, Diane Sisterhood and Solidarity: Feminism and Labor in Modern Times History HIS B
Bell, Susan Groag and Karen M. Offen, eds. Women, the Family, and Freedom: The Debate in Documents Volume 1: 1750-1880 History HIS B
Bell, Susan Groag and Karen M. Offen, eds. Women, the Family, and Freedom: The Debate in Documents Volume 2: 1880-1950 History HIS B
Bright, Susie The Sexual State of the Union History HIS B
Brownmiller, Susan In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution History HIS B
Ehrenreich, Barbara and Deirdre English Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers History HIS E15
Ehrenreich, Barbara and Deirdre English For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts’ Advice to Women History HIS E10
Ehrenreich, Barbara and Deirdre English Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness History HIS E5
Firestone, S. The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution History History F
Friedan, Betty The Second Stage History HIS F
Friedan, Betty It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women’s Movement History HIS F
Gordon, Linda Pitied but not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare History HIS G
Gornick, Vivian and Barbara K. Moran, eds. Woman in Sexist Society: Studies in Power and Powerlessness History HIS G
Harris, Anne Southerland and Nochlin, Linda Women Artists: 1550-1950 History HIS H
Hole, Judith and Ellen Levine Rebirth of Feminism History HIS H15
Klagsbruin, Francine ed. The First Ms. Reader History HIS F
Lerner, Gerda The Female Experience: An American Documentary History HIS L10
Papachristou, Judith Women Together: A History in Documents of the Women’s Movement in the United States History HIS P5
Richardson, Laurel and Verta Taylor Feminist Frontiers III Nonfiction NF R
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It History
Autobiography & Biography		 HIS R
BIO R
Showalter, Elaine The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture 1830-1980 History HIS S
Solomon, Barbara Miller In the Company of Educated Women History HIS S
Stone, Elizabeth Women and the Cuban Revolution History HIS S
Weatherford, Doris American Women’s History: An A-Z History HIS W
Wilson, Harriet E. Our NIG; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black History HIS W
Wollstonecraft, Mary Vindication of the Rights of Woman History HIS W
Wollstonecraft, Mary MARIA or The Wrongs of Woman History HIS W
Yalom, Marilyn Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women’s Memory History HIS W

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Journals and Magazines

Author Title Category Call Number
Joeres, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher & Laslett, Barbara Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Winter 1995, v 20, no. 2) Journals and Magazines  
Joeres, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher & Laslett, Barbara Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Autumn 1994, v 20, no. 1) Journals and Magazines  
Joeres, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher & Laslett, Barbara Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Winter 1994, v 19, no.2) Journals and Magazines   
Joeres, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher & Laslett, Barbara Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Spring 1993, v 18, no. 3) Journals and Magazines  
Joeres, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher & Laslett, Barbara Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Winter 1993, v 18, no. 2) Journals and Magazines   

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Non-Fiction

Author Title Category Call Number
AAUW Educational Foundation Gaining A Foothold: Women’s Transitions Through Work and College Non-Fiction NFIC A
ACT UP Women, AIDS & Activism Non-Fiction NFIC A
Adams, Carol J. The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory Non-Fiction NFIC A
Allen, Pamela Free Space: A Perspective on the Small Group in Women’s Liberation Non-Fiction NFIC A
Belenky, Mary Field & Clinchy, Blythe McVicker & Goldberger, Nancy Rule & Tarule, Jill Mattuck Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice and Mind Non-Fiction NFIC B
Benokraitis, Nijole V. & Feagin, Joe R. Modern Sexism: Blatant, Subtle, and Covert Discrimination Non-Fiction NFIC B
Berger, John Ways of Seeing Non-Fiction NFIC B
Berry, Wendell Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community Non-Fiction NFIC B
Bonavoglia, Angela The Choices We Made: 25 Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion Non-Fiction NFIC B
Breitbart, Vicki The Day Care Book: The Why, What, and How of Community Day Care Non-Fiction NFIC B
Capek, Mary Ellen S. A Women’s Thesaurus Non-Fiction NFIC C
Carden, Maren Lockwood The New Feminist Movement Non-Fiction NFIC C
Cassel, Joan A Group Called Women: Sisterhood and Symbolism in the Feminist Movement Non-Fiction NFIC C
Chadwick, Whitney Women, Art and Society Non-Fiction NFIC C
Commission on Human Rights Women’s Role in Contemporary Society Non-Fiction NONF C
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave Non-Fiction NFIC C
Davies, Miranda Women Travel: Adventures, Advice, and Experience Non-Fiction NFIC D
DuBois, Ellen Carol Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony: Correspondence, Writings, Speeches Non-Fiction NFIC D
Dworkin, Andrea Woman Hating Non-Fiction NFIC D
Eisenstein, Hester The Future of Difference Non-Fiction NFIC E
Enloe, Cynthia Bananas, Beaches, and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Non-Fiction NFIC E
Felman, Jyl Lynn Never a Dull Moment: Teaching and the Art of Performance Non-Fiction NFIC F
Findlen, Barbara Listen Up: Voices From the Next Feminist Generation Non-Fiction NFIC F
Fout, John C. & Tantillo, Maura Shaw American Sexual Politics: Sex, Gender, and Race Since the Civil War Non-Fiction NFIC F
Freedman, Estelle B. Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition Non-Fiction NFIC F
French, Marilyn Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals Non-Fiction NFIC F
Haley, Alex The Autobiography of Malcolm X Non-Fiction NONF H
Holland, Dorothy C. & Eisenhart, Margaret A. Education In Romance: Women, Achievement and College Culture Non-Fiction NFIC H
Jardine, Alice & Smith, Paul Men In Feminism Non-Fiction NFIC J
Kleinfeld, Judith S. & Yerian, Suzanne Gender Tales: Tensions in the Schools Non-Fiction NONF K
Lederer, Laura Take Back the Night: Women on Pornography Non-Fiction NONF L
Maginnis, Patricia & Phelan, Lana Clark The Abortion Handbook Non-Fiction NFIC M
Mahony, Rhona Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies and Bargaining Power Non-Fiction NFIC M
McAllister, Pam Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence Non-Fiction NFIC M
McCormick, Dale Against the Grain: A Carpentry Manual For Women Non-Fiction NONF M
Mill, John Stuart The Subjection of Women Non-Fiction NFIC M
Millett, Kate Sexual Politics Non-Fiction NONF M
Morgan, Robin The Anatomy of Freedom: Feminism, Physics and Global Politics Non-Fiction NONF M
Paulsen, Kathryn & Kuhn, Ryan A. Woman’s Almanac: 12 How-To Handbooks in One Non-Fiction NONF P
Read, Phyllis J. & Witlieb, Bernard L. The Book of Women’s Firsts Non-Fiction NONF R
Reeves, Nancy Womankind: Beyond the Stereotype Non-Fiction NONF R
Rich, Adrienne Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution Non-Fiction NONF R
Richardson, Laurel & Taylor Verta Feminist Frontiers III Non-Fiction NONF R
Rowland, Robyn Women Who Do & Women Who Don’t: Join the Women’s Movement Non-Fiction NONF R
Shepherd, Linda Jean Lifting the Veil: The Feminine Face of Science Non-Fiction NONF S
Shockley, Ann Allen The Black and White of It Non-Fiction NONF S
Spain, Daphne & Bianchi, Suznne M. Balancing Act: Motherhood, Marriage, and Employment Among American Women Non-Fiction NONF S
Steinem, Gloria Moving Beyond Words - Age, Race, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of Gender Non-Fiction NONF S
Steinem, Gloria Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem Non-Fiction NONF S
Tanaka, Yukiko & Hanson, Elizabeth This Kind of Woman: Ten Stories by Japanese Women Writers 1960-1976 Non-Fiction NFIC T
Thompson, Becky W. A Hunger So Wide And So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems Non-Fiction NFIC T
Valian, Virginia Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women Non-Fiction NONF V
Walker, Alice In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens Non-Fiction NFIC W
Walker, Alice The Color Purple Non-Fiction NFIC W
Ward, Martha C. A World Full of Women Non-Fiction NFIC W
Washington, Mary Helen Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960 Non-Fiction NFIC W
Webb, Jim & Houseman, Bart The Women’s Guide To Confident Home Repair Non-Fiction NONF W
Wittels, Anne Ms.ery Non-Fiction NONF W
Women’s Liberation Movement Liberation Now! Non-Fiction NFIC W
Yalom, Marilyn Maternity, Mortality, and the Literature of Madness Non-Fiction NONF Y
Zandy, Janet Calling Home: Working-Class Women’s Writings Non-Fiction NONF Z

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Poetry

Author Title Category Call Number
American Poetry & Literacy Project Songs For The Open Road Poetry POE P
Angelou, Maya Poems Poetry POE A
Blake, William Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience Poetry POE B
Bowers, Faubion The Classic Tradition of Haiku — An Anthology Poetry POE B
Causley, Charles Poetry Please! Poetry POE C
Crane, Stephen War is Kind and Other Poems Poetry POE C
Dodsworth, Martin William Shakespeare Poetry POE D
Keats, John Lyric Poems Poetry POE K
Lawrence, D.H. Snake and Other Poems Poetry POE L
Marsh, Jan Christina Rossetti Poetry POE M
Millay, Edna St. Vincent Renascence and Other Poems Poetry POE M
Negri, Paul English Victorian Poetry — An Anthology Poetry POE N
Rattiner, Susan L. Great Poems by American Women Poetry POE R
Rexroth, Kenneth & Chung, Ling Women Poets of China Poetry POE R
Swann, Brian Native American Songs and Poems — An Anthology Poetry POE S
Tennyson, Lord Alfred Selected Poems Poetry POE T
Wong, Nellie Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park Poetry POE W

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Rape and Assault

Author Title Category Call Number
Nin, Anais House of Incest Rape & Sexual Assault RAP N

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Religion and Spirituality

Author Title Category Call Number
Christ, Carol P. & Plaskow, Judith Womenspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion Religion and Spirituality REL C
Daly, Mary Gyn-Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism Religion and Spirituality REL D
Gilligan, Carol & Ward, Janie Victoria & Taylor, Jill McLean Mapping The Moral Domain Religion and Spirituality REL G
Pagels, Elaine The Gnostic Gospels Religion and Spirituality REL P
Ranke-Heinemann, Uta Eunuchs For The Kingdom of Heaven: Women, Sexuality and the Catholic Church Religion and Spirituality REL R
Ruether, Rosemary Radford & Keller, Rosemary Skinner In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women’s Religious Writing Religion and Spirituality REL R
Spretnak, Charlene The Politics of Women’s Spirituality Religion and Spirituality REL S
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady The Original Feminist Attack on the Bible Religion and Spirituality REL S
Stibbs, Anne A Woman’s Place: Quotations About Women Religion and Spirituality REL S
Warner, Carolyn The Last Word: A Treasury of Women’s Quotes Religion and Spirituality REL W

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Sex and Sexuality

Author Title Category Call Number
Barreca, Regina Perfect Husbands (& Other Fairy Tales): Demystifying Marriage, Men and Romance Sex and Sexuality SEX B
Berube, Allan Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two Sex and Sexuality SEX B
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls Sex and Sexuality SEX B
Dworkin, Andrea Intercourse Sex and Sexuality SEX D
Grahn, Judy Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds Sex and Sexuality SEX G
Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch Sex and Sexuality SEX G
Tanebaum, Leora Slut! Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation Sex and Sexuality SEX T

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Women of Color

Author Title Category Call Number
Allen, Paula Gunn The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions Women of Color WOM A
Brettell, Caroline B. & Sargent, Carolyn F. Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (2nd edition) Women of Color WOM B
Carras, Mary C. Indira Gandhi in the Crucible of Leadership Women of Color WOM C
Croll, Elisabeth Chinese Women Since Mao Women of Color WOM C
Davis, Angela Y. Women, Race and Class Women of Color WOM D
Delamotte, Eugenia & Meeker, Natania & O’Barr, Jean A Global Anthology of Women’s Resistance From 60 B.C.E. to Present Women of Color WOM D
Dubois, Ellen Carol & Ruiz, Vickie L. Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader In U.S. Women’s History Women of Color WOM D
Erdrich, Louise Tracks Women of Color WOM E
Frankenberg, Ruth The Social Construction of White Women, Whiteness Race Matters Women of Color WOM F
Gomez, Alma & Moraga, Cherrie & Romo-Carmona, Mariana Cuentos: Stories by Latinas Women of Color WOM G
Hafkin, Nancy & Bay, Edna G. Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change Women of Color WOM H
Honig, Emily & Hershatter, Gail Personal Voices:
Chinese Women in the 1980’s		 Women of Color WOM H
Hooks, Bell Feminist Theory From Margin to Center Women of Color WOM H
Hooks, Bell Ain’t I A Woman: Black women and feminism Women of Color WOM H
Hurtado, Aida The Color of Privilege: Three Blasphemies on Race and Feminism Women of Color WOM H
Lebra, Joyce & Paulson, Joy & Powers, Elizabeth Women in Changing Japan Women of Color WOM H
Lute, Aunt Our Feet Walk the Sky Women of Color WOM L
Mernissi, Fatima Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society Women of Color WOM M
Moraga, Cherrie & Anzaldua, Gloria This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color Women of Color WOM M
Morgan, Robin The International Women’s Movement Anthology: Sisterhood is Global Women of Color WOM M
Nakano, Mei Japanese American Women: Three Generations 1890-1990 Women of Color WOM N
Noble, Jeanne Beautiful, Also, Are the Souls of My Black Sisters: A History of the Black Woman in America Women of Color WOM N
Opposing Viewpoints Race Relations Women of Color WOM O
Raheja, Gloria Goodwin & Gold, Grodzins, Ann Listen to the Heron’s Words: Reimagining Gender and Kinship in North India Women of Color WOM R
Rothenberg, Paula S. Race, Class, and Gender In the US (third ed) Women of Color WOM R
Sanghatana, Stree Shakti We Were Making History: Women and the Telangana Uprising Women of Color WOM S
Schipper, Mineke Unheard Words: Women and Literature in Africa, the Arab World, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America Women of Color WOM S
Shostak, Marjorie NISA: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman Women of Color WOM S
Sinclair, April Coffee Will Make You Black Women of Color WOM S
Solinger, Rickie Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe V. Wade Women of Color WOM S

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