Women & Power

Women & Power
Author: Mary Beard
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2017-11-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782834532

An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. A year on since the advent of #metoo, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time, and how that intersects with issues of rape and consent, and the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style, using examples ancient and modern, Beard argues, 'it's time for change - and now!' From the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome.

Queen Mary, 1867-1953

Queen Mary, 1867-1953
Author: James Pope-Hennessy
Publisher: London : G. Allen and Unwin
Total Pages: 718
Release: 1959
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

Biografie van Mary (koningin van Engeland ; 1867-1953).

Mary and Me

Mary and Me
Author: Ginny Kubitz Moyer
Publisher: Franciscan Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Catholic women
ISBN: 9780867168310

Ginny Moyer wanted to know how women today would answer those questions, so she invited women of all ages, some cradle Catholics and some converts, some lay and some religious, to share their thoughts on Mary. In the process of collecting womens stories, Moyer learned that the answers to these questions are as diverse as the women themselves.

Queen Mary's Women

Queen Mary's Women
Author: Rosalind Kay Marshall
Publisher: John Donald Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Major figures like Elizabeth I of England are usually discussed only for their political interventions in her career. Her female relatives receive merely a brief mention, while her attendants are dismissed as minor characters of no importance, a sort of Greek chorus watching in the background as she travelled from early promise to final tragedy. In this fascinating book, Rosalind K. Marshall redresses the balance, examining Mary's life from an entirely new perspective, discovering the extent to which she was influenced by the women she knew.

The Future of Science Is Female

The Future of Science Is Female
Author: Zara Stone
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1642503207

“A book that is sure to inspire a new generation of girls in STEM.” —Felicia Day, New York Times-bestselling author of Embrace Your Weird From saving the oceans to improving the rehabilitation and job prospects of people struggling in prison, these badass female scientists and entrepreneurs are changing the world. In The Future of Science is Female, award-winning journalist Zara Stone shares the fascinating, complicated stories of how a diverse group of powerful women got started—from the perspective of those still working it out as they go along. Take twenty-two-year-old Dominique Barnes, a female hero of the oceans. She was worried about all the dolphins and whales killed during shrimp farming, so the marine biologist created a tasty, affordable plant-based shrimp alternative. Then there’s Pree Walia, who invented the Nailbot, a portable printer that prints nail art from a cellphone. And those are just two of the sheroes you will discover in The Future of Science is Female. Learn about the drama, tears, and adventures that everyday women heroes face as they race to fix everything the world has messed up. The Future of Science is Female inspires future female founders of the world to turn their dreams into reality. “Zara Stone will make you want to grab your lab coat and join the women making scientific her-story!” —Kellie Gerardi, author of Not Necessarily Rocket Science

Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor
Author: Linda Porter
Publisher: Piatkus
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2010-09-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 074812232X

A striking and sympathetic portrait of England's first Queen, Mary I - whose character has been vilified for over 400 years. Instead of the bloodthirsty bigot of Protestant mythology, Mary Tudor emerges from the pages of this deeply-researched biography as a cultured renaissance princess, a courageous survivor of the violent power struggles that characterised the reigns of her father, Henry VIII, and brother Edward VI. The author does not belittle Mary's burning of heretics, which earned her the subriquet 'Bloody Mary', but she also had many endearing personal qualities and talents, not least the courage of leadership she showed in facing down Northumberland's rebellion. A well-balanced and readable biography of Mary I is long overdue.

Queen Mary

Queen Mary
Author: James Pope-Hennessy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 1169
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1529355044

The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers. When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press. Long out of print, this new edition of Queen Mary will be accompanied by a new foreword from royal biographer and writer Hugo Vickers.

Mary of Guise

Mary of Guise
Author: Rosalind Kay Marshall
Publisher: National Museums of Scotland
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN:

As mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise is often overshadowed by her more famous daughter. However, this intelligent and energetic woman also led an intriguing life of her own.