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To learn more about any of the acquisitions listed here, or our other materials in the Women's Resource Center, please stop by Women's Programs and Studies (112 Student Services). Most materials are available for check-out.

Books | Videos

Books (by Author)

Baily, Martha J. American Women in Science, 1950-Present - A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 1998.

Haines, Catharine M.C. International Women in Science - A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 2001

Jalbert, Susanne E., Ph.D. You Are Our Voice - Articles, Essays and Interviews About Global Women Entrepreneuring and Women's Issues. Winter Park, CO: JC Publishing House, 2003.

Kenney, Sally J. and Helen Kinsella (eds). Politics and Feminist Standpoint Theories. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1997.

Kuersten, Ashlyn. Women and the Law - Leaders, Cases and Documents. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 2003.

Lorber, Judith. Paradoxes of Gender. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.

McCann, Carole R. and Seung-Kyung Kim (eds). Feminist Theory Reader - Local and Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Morgan, Robin (ed). Sisterhood is Forever - The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium. New York: Washington Square Press, 2003.

Nebenzahl, Donna and Nance Ackerman. Womankind - Faces of Change Around the World. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2003.

Osherson, Samuel. Finding Our Fathers - The Unfinished Business of Manhood. New York: The Free Press, 1986.

Pittman, Frank, M.D. Man Enough - Fathers, Sons and the Search for Masculinity. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1993.

Slater, Lauren, Ed.D.; Daniel, Jessica Henderson, Ph.D., ABPP; and Banks, Amy Elizabeth, MD (eds). The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.

Videos

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE (©2000. VHS - 24 min.) What if 51,000 people from 131 countries put their heads together to discuss what is wrong with the world and how to work together to change it? In early 2002, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, public officials representative of non-governmental organizations, indigenous nations, farmers and labor - including 11,000 young people -- gathered for the World Social Forum. Called in response to the elite gathering of the World Economic Forum in New York, this week of workshops, panel discussions and high-spirited demonstrations was inspiration for those attending. The international event, covered extensively by the media in other parts of the world was virtually ignored by the US press. This video presents a sampling of the issues and events at this enormous and creative gathering.

BREAKING THE SILENCE - THE STORY OF THE SISTERS AT DESALES HEIGHTS (©2000. VHS - 20 min.) The incidence of acquaintance rape among college women is an at all time high. Nine out of 10 college rape victims knew their attacker. When young students are isolated with a familiar stranger a dangerous situation can arise. Men need to be educated about what legally constitutes rape, but most importantly they need to understand and empathize with a potential victim's emotional pain of rape. The producers and the crew spent time with two tragic rape victims and a man with a mission. This is their story.

DATE RAPE DRUGS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (©2001. VHS - 22 min.) Drug-facilitated rape has become a growing and persistent problem across North America. Date rape drugs are easily disguised in alcoholic drinks presented in a social or party situation. The rapist is often someone the victim has just met or someone the victim knows. Education is vital to understanding and preventing this violent crime. This video features testimony from teen and adult victims, rape advocates and law enforcement which provides valuable insight into how this crime is perpetuated and the effects various date rape drugs have on the body. The most well known drugs used by perpetrators that are discussed in the video include: GHB, Rohypnol, Ketamine and Ecstasy. Viewers will become familiar with these drugs, how rapists use them and why they often videotape their victims and practical tips on self-protection.

THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT STORY(©1965. VHS - 90 min.) For more than 30 years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman, yet few of us really knew her. Millions adored her but her FBI file was thicker than a stack of phone books. She spoke out fearlessly for civil rights and the KKK put a price on her head. She helped FDR rise to power and was one of his most valuable political assets, but the media satirized her as an ugly busybody. Drawing on interviews with her closets surviving relatives, friends and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, Eleanor Roosevelt reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.

LETTERS FROM OUR LIVES (©1992. VHS - 26 min.) Disabled women are often isolated and hidden away, so we know very little about their struggles. To make the end of the United Nations' Decade of Disabled People in 1992, disabled women from around the globe have written open letter to the world describing their individual plights. In parts of the world where being a woman automatically demotes one to being a second class citizen, being a disabled woman represents a double dose of discrimination. In this moving program, we hear the sadness and the hope of disabled women in Zimbabwe. We share in their struggle to survive on a daily basis and to create a better world for their children. Not only will Letters From foster a deeper understanding of people with disabilities, but it will send an inspirational message to anyone facing a hardship. It will touch a deep chord within all viewers.

MY MOTHER BUILT THIS HOUSE (©2001. VHS - 27 min.) There are four million homeless people in South Africa who live in shacks, in slums or squatter settlements. Government programs are building houses for these homeless, but it's a slow process, hampered by a constant stream of new people moving to the cities from rural areas. One group that is making money to add to their government grants, allowing them to build larger houses. The group has built nearly 10,000 homes on its own and it's helping women and their families realize their dream of living in real home of their very own.

ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS (©1995. VHS - 39 min.) This Academy Award winning film tells the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissermann Klein and her six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. Rendered in a deceptively simple yet extraordinarily powerful manner, the film explores the effects Weissermann's experience had on the rest of her life. By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead. A journey of survival through one of the most devastating events in the history of mankind.

RACE: THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION

SPIRIT OF WOMEN - THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS IN THE BATTLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS (©2004. VHS - 55 min.) This video tells the story of a historical event that revolutionized the women's movement. On a historic weekend in November of 1977, twenty thousand women and men left their jobs and homes in cities and small towns around the country to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights. For four days at the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, they caucused, argued and finally hammered out a Plan of Action. Archival footage breathes life into heated debates over issues like the equal rights amendment, reproductive freedom, lesbian rights, sexual preference and minority rights. Former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson and activists including Coretta Scott King, Bella Abzug and Barbara Jordan provided inspiration. Current interviews with Gloria Steinem, Ellie Smeal, Ann Richards, Carmen Delgado Votaw, Liz Carpenter and Betty Friedan bring a deeper understanding to its history and to its legacy.

THAT'S A FAMILY! (©2002. VHS - 35 min.) With blunt and sometimes hilarious candor, children from over 50 diverse families open the door to their homes and explain things like "divorce," "mixed race," "gay and lesbian," "birth mom," "guardian," and "stepdad" -- and get right to the point of what they wish other people would understand about families. While designed especially for young audience, That's a Family! stretches the minds and touches the hearts of people of all ages. From the makers of It's Elementary, this fresh look at the changing American family breaks new ground, one again lets children lead the way in preventing prejudice and embracing diversity.

WOMEN OF MYSTERY: 3 WRITERS WHO FOREVER CHANGED DETECTIVE FICTION (©1996. VHS - 53 min.) This video travels to San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Chicago, where viewers will delve into the world of the fictional female private eye, and follow the writers as they conduct research for their novels and intimately share their process of writing about and living with their female heroes.

DECONSTRUCTING SUPPER (©2002. VHS - 48 min.) This video is an eye-opening journey into the billion-dollar battle to control global food production. Starting with a gourmet meal in his five-star restaurant, Chef Jon Bishop travels the world, on a personal quest to find out what our food choices are today. From North America to Great Britain to India and back, Bishop meets scientists and activist with opposing views on genetic engineering, journalists and farmers who have experienced the might of giant biotech corporations and organic farmers in India who are fighting to preserve the natural biodiversity of crops.

I AM BEAUTIFUL (VHS - 44 min.) Powerful and uplifting documentary film focusing on the stories of women claiming their beauty. Featuring celebrities and women from the I Am Beautiful book.

SISTERS IN CINEMA (©2003. VHS - 62min.) This award-wining documentary by filmmaker Yvonne Wilbon, Ph.D., a graduate of the Department of Radio/TV/Film at Northwestern University, traces the careers of inspiring African American women from the early part of the 20th century to today and illuminates a history hidden for too long. This seminal work pay homage to African American women, who against all odds made history. The careers, lives and films of inspirational women filmmakers such as Euzhan Palcy, Julie Dash, Darnell Martin, Dianne Houston, Neema Barnette, Cheryl Dunye, Kasi Lemmons and Maya Angelou are showcased within the film. Interviews are interwoven with film clips, rare archival footage and photographs and production video of the filmmakers at work. This documentary reveals the challenges of African American women in the director's chair and the trials and jubilation of bringing their life's passion to the screen.

SPIN THE BOTTLE - SEX, LIES & ALCOHOL

WOMEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACISM AND OTHER OPPRESSIONS (©2003. VHS - 30 min.) This new, intriguing video explores the meaning of intersectionality and women's strategies for overcoming oppressions through focusing on highlights of three testimonies: violations in war, conflict and genocide -- ethnic Chinese women in Indonesia; violations of bodily integrity and sexuality -- Roma women in Serbia; violations on account of migration and immigration -- Italian women immigrants in the Dominican Republic. The video also celebrates the organizing strategies used by women's groups to work against intersectional discrimination. The companion study guide to the video utilizes interactive methodologies to help groups develop strategies for analysis and action by gaining better understanding of intersectionality as presented in the video testimonies and by developing skills to use as intersectional human rights methodology in their work to overcome racism and the multiple oppression women face.