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In the face of violence and oppression, resistance is possible.
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- Treva B. Lindsey
- Description
- Examines the activism and leadership of black girls and women despite centuries of misogyny, racism, and violence directed against them.
- Year
- 2022
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- Catherine Corrigall-Brown
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- Follows the trajectories of 34 progressive groups rooted in the Indivisible organization that were founded in 10 U.S. cities after the January 2017 Women's March.
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- 2022
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- Judy Batalion
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- Chronicles many types of resistance by Jewish women in Poland including bribery, killing, sabotage, smuggling, and spying and assistance to allies and the vulnerable such as hiding families, nursing, and teaching children.
- Year
- 2020
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- Lorraine Bayard de Volo
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- Intersectional history based on archival research and oral histories with a focus on cultural and social changes.
- Year
- 2018
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- Veronica Fynn Bruey
- Description
- Covers cultural, legal, political, and social contexts.
- Year
- 2021
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- Elizabeth S. Manley
- Description
- Focuses on women's activism within authoritarian systems and as part of international networks that built a distinctive form of feminism and generated new ideas about citizenship.
- Year
- 2017
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- Lynne Olson
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- In-depth biography of one of France's most significant resistance leaders who has received little attention outside her country.
- Year
- 2019
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- Jasmine Calver
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- Examines advocacy for girls and women by the Women's World Committee against War and Fascism and its efforts to encourage women to organize.
- Year
- 2023
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- Rebecca Donner
- Description
- Biography based on family documents and archival research in England, Germany, Russia, and the United States by the great-great-niece of Wisconsin's Mildred Fish-Harnack, who was sentenced to prison for her leadership in the German resistance and espionage for Allies during World War II, but Adolf Hitler personally ordered her execution.
- Year
- 2021
- Author
- Henriette Dahan Kalev
- Description
- Examines what causes women to consent to patriarchy, resist, and rebel through cases studies of two Jewish Israeli women living in poverty who led protests and strikes against their oppressive social conditions.
- Year
- 2019
