Best of
Womens-Rights

2020

Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood


Brittney Cooper - 2020
    The book is a guide for teen girls who want to be unapologetically feminist and live their feminism out loud. The book will be published in summer 2020, marking Crunk's 10th anniversary.

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan


Jeff Gottesfeld - 2020
    Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.

Anno 2020


James Morcan - 2020
    Eleven individuals around the world must communicate remotely with each other while separated during the coronavirus lockdowns of Anno MMXX (Year 2020).

Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World War


Mona L. Siegel - 2020
    Female activists demanded that statesmen live up to their word. Excluded from the negotiating table, women met separately, crafted their own agendas, and captured global headlines with a message that was both straightforward and revolutionary: enduring peace depended as much on recognition of the fundamental humanity and equality of all people--regardless of sex, race, class, or creed--as on respect for the sovereignty of independent states.Peace on Our Terms follows dozens of remarkable women from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia as they crossed oceans and continents; commanded meeting halls in Paris, Zurich, and Washington; and marched in the streets of Cairo and Beijing. Mona L. Siegel's sweeping global account of international organizing highlights how Egyptian and Chinese nationalists, Western and Japanese labor feminists, white Western suffragists, and African American civil rights advocates worked in tandem to advance women's rights. Despite significant resistance, these pathbreaking women left their mark on emerging democratic constitutions and new institutions of global governance. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Peace on Our Terms is the first book to demonstrate the centrality of women's activism to the Paris Peace Conference and the critical diplomatic events of 1919. Siegel tells the timely story of how female activists transformed women's rights into a global rallying cry, laying a foundation for generations to come.

Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties


Sue Macy - 2020
    Join the team as Macy offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the journey of women's rights through the lens of women in sports during the pivotal decade of the 1920s. With elegant prose, poignant wit, and fascinating primary sources, Macy explores the many hurdles presented to female athletes as they stormed the field, stepped up to bat, and won the right to compete in sports. Featuring bold and talented heroines, this book documents how the social issues and morals of the decade–from politics to segregation to the media–helped shape the changing narratives around women and alter the course of history entirely. It is a fascinating window into a rich and seldom explored history, and also a topical reminder of the many discussions surrounding femininity and the role of women that continue today.

Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener


Kimberly A. Hamlin - 2020
    Instead she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York, pretended to be married to her lover, and became a wildly popular lecturer and author, brazenly opposed to sexist piety and propriety.The “Harriet Beecher Stowe of Fallen Women,” she supported raising the age of sexual consent for girls (from twelve or younger), decried double standards of sexual morality, and debunked scientists’ claims that women’s brains were inferior. With liberal doses of feminine charm, Gardner networked tirelessly to persuade Woodrow Wilson and other male politicians to support the Nineteenth Amendment. Her effort, according to suffrage leader Carrie Pitt, was “the most potent factor” in its passage.As more women enter politics than ever before, Kimberly A. Hamlin recovers the wildly entertaining and illuminating life of a brilliant, effective woman—all but forgotten—who paved the way.

Utopian Logic: The Secret to Optimism and an Open Mind


Patrick Stepanek - 2020
    Take a deep dive into the structure of our world and our place in the universe. From the current status of earth's wildlife to the futuristic societal changes of tomorrow, embark on a journey through time to discover the fundamental changes to human life that are already on their way. Learn the history of the World's most impactful subjects from the perspective of an ideal world. From human limitations to the glass ceilings yet to be shattered, take a look into the future that is very much so plausible. As we continue down the dawn of the technological age, consider the various elements that have made life the way it is today for people around the world. Utopian Logic is for anyone who wants to learn about where we are, where we are going, and what is truly possible to bring to life.