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Women's Studies Encyclopedia

Helen Tierney

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Abolitionism Abortion.—Definitions And Methods Abortion History.—United States Absentee Rates.—Sex Differentials In Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Addiction Additional Worker Effect / Discouraged Worker Effect Adultery Aesthetics, Feminine Affirmative Action Africa.—Historical Overview Africa.—Central (Zambia, Zimbabwe, And Malawi) Africa.—East Africa.—North Africa.—South Africa And Namibia Africa.—West Africa Africa.—Women In Development African American Artists African American Poets African American Prose Writers African American Women (Since 1865) African Artists African Writers Age-Earnings Profiles Age Of Consent Aging Agnate/Cognate Agoraphobia Agriculture Algeria.—Historical Background Alimony (Spousal Support) Alternative Life-Styles American Classical Canon American Indian And Alaskan Native Women American Revolution Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 Amniocentesis Androcentrism Androgyny Anger Annulment Anorexia Nervosa And Bulimia Nervosa Antifeminist Movements Anti-Semitism.—Before National Socialism Antislavery Associations Arab Women Archetypal Criticism, Feminist Architecture Aristotle On Women Art Education.—Europe In The Nineteenth Century Art Students League Artisan Artists And Painters Asceticism.—Ascetics, Recluses, And Mystics (Early And Medieval Christian) Asceticism.—In India Asceticism.—In Western Antiquity Asia.—East Asia Asia.—South Asia Asia.—Southeast Asia (Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, And Thailand) Asian American Women Asian American Writers Assertiveness Training Australia Australian And New Zealand Writers Autobiographies And Diaries, British Autobiographies And Diaries, U.S. Backlash Bangladesh Battered Husband Syndrome—(And Other Tall Tales) Battered Women Betrothal Biological Determinism Biopsy Birth Control Birthing Alternatives (Alternative Birth Movement) Bisexuality Black Artists Black Women And Feminism Black Writers Bloomsbury Group Blues Bluestockings Boardinghouse Keeping Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) Brazil Women's Movement Brazilian Writers Breasts Bridegift / Bridewealth Brideservice Britain.—Contagious Diseases Acts Britain.—Married Women's Property Law In England Britain.—Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries Britain.—Woman Suffrage Movement British Artists.—Victorian Artists Buddhism Canada (Since 1945) Canadian Writers.—Anglophone Canadian Writers.—Francophone Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Caribbean Writers In English (Twentieth-Century) Chaucer's Women Chicana Chicana Writers Child Abuse Child Care Childbirth Children.—Their Effect On Labor Supply China.—Ancient China China.—Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) China.—Han Through Song Dynasties China.—People's Republic Of China China.—Republican Period (1912-1949) China.—Yuan, Ming, And Qing Dynasties Chinese Artists (Before 1912) Chinese Artists (Modern) Chinese Literature.—Chinese Traditional Fiction Chinese Literature.—Writers Of The Classical Period Chinese Literature.—Writers Of The Modern Period Chinese Religion Chivalry Chlamydia Infection Christian Church, Early Circumcision (Female) Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Civil Rights Movement, Black Women In Clerical Occupations Climacteric Clitoridectomy Cognitive Abilities, Sex Differences In Colonial America Colonial Spanish America Color, Women Of "Comfort Women"/Military Sexual Slavery Common-Law Marriage Communication.—The Impact Of Gender Community Property Comparable Worth Composers (Twentieth-Century) Concert Artists Concubinage Conductors Confucianism Consciousness-Raising Contraception Contraceptives Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women Correctional Officers And Superintendents Courtly Love Couvade Coverture Criminal Justice Cuba Cult Of True Womanhood Cystitis Czech And Slovak Republics Dance Danish Writers Date Rape Death, Women's Approach To Declaration Of Sentiments Declaration Of The Rights Of Woman (Les Droits De La Femme) Deconstruction Denmark Dependency Depression Depression, The Great Design Detective Fiction Devotional Literature, Medieval Differential Socialization Discrimination Displaced Homemaker Divorce In The United States Domestic Novel Domestic Service Domestic Sphere Domestic Violence Double Bind Double Jeopardy Double Standard Dower Dowry Dowry.— Dowry In India Dowry.—In Western Societies Drama And Theatre.—British, Nineteenth Century Drama And Theatre.—British, Twentieth Century Drama And Theatre.—Hispanic Spain And Latin America Drama And Theatre.—United States Dual-Career Couples Dual Role Dutch Writers Dystopias East Central European Writers (Early) East Central European Writers (From The Nineteenth Century) Ectopic Pregnancy Education Education. Higher Education Education, Economics Of Women's Education Amendments Of 1972 Egypt (Ancient) Egypt (Ancient).—Pharaonic Royal Women Elvira, Council Of Embryo Empty Nest Syndrome Endogamy/Exogamy Endometrial Cycle Endometriosis Enlightenment Epics, Medieval Equal Employment Opportunity Laws Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) European Union (EU) Law Evaluation Bias Eve And Mary Excessive Female Mortality (EFM) Executive Order 11246 Fabliaux Family Family (As A Socioeconomic Unit) The Family And Medical Leave Act Of 1993 Fear Of Rape Fear Of Success (FOS) Female Complaints Female Development Femicide Femininity "Femininity" Feminism Feminist Consciousness Feminist Movement (1960 Through Early 1970) Feminist Pedagogy Feminist Theology Feminist Theory Feminist Therapy Feminization Of Poverty Feminology Fertilization Fetus Fiber Arts Fibrocystic Disease Fibroids, Uterine Film And Feminism Filmmakers And Mainstream Production Finland Folklore Food And Eating Disorders Foot-Binding France.—Code Napoléon France.—Feminism And The Women's Liberation Movement France.—French Revolution France.—New French Feminisms France.—Since 1945 France.—The Third Republic (1870-1940) French Academic Artists French Impressionist Painters French Resistance French Writers Gathering / Hunting Societies Gathering / Hunting Theories Of Evolution Gay And Lesbian Movement Gender And Learning Gender And Science Gender Roles Gender Roles, Preschool Gender/Sex Gender Stereotypes Genesis Genital Warts German Artists (Women) German Kingdoms Of Early Medieval Europe German Writers.— Modern German Writers.— Reformation Through Baroque Period Germany, 1848-1919 Germany, 1919-1933 (Weimar Republic) Germany, 1933-1945 (National Socialism) Germany, 1949-1990 (German Democratic Republic [GDR]) Germany.— Postwar And Federal Republic (FRG) Gestation (Pregnancy) Gnosticism Godey's Lady's Book And American Ladies Magazine Gonorrhea Gossip Gothic Fiction (1780-1830) Grassroots Organizing Greece (Ancient).— Attitudes Toward Women Greece (Ancient).— Private Lives Of Women Greece.— Modern Greece Greece And Rome (Ancient).—Views Of Female Physiology Greek And Roman Art (Ancient) Greek Goddesses Greek Writers (Ancient) Gynecology / Obstetrics (OB/GYN) Hagiography Healers Health, Economics Of Health Care Providers Health Movement, Women's Hebrew Women Hellenistic Queens Hepatitis B (HBV) Herpes Genitalis Heterosexuality Hindu Goddesses Hinduism HIV Disease Holocaust Holocaust.— Resistance Home Economics (Also Domestic Science) Home Industry Homelessness Homophobia Homosexuality Hormones Housewife (Homemaker) Housework Human Capital Theory Humor Hypergamy / Hypogamy Icelandic Writers Images Of Black Women Images Of Women In American Literature Images Of Women In English Renaissance Literature Images Of Women In Medieval Drama Images Of Women In Restoration And Early Eighteenth-Century Drama Images Of Women In Romantic Period Literature Images Of Women In Victorian Literature Immigrant Women Impostor Phenomenon Incest India.— Ancient India.— Medieval Period (1206-1765) India.— Modern. British And American Women In India India.— Modern. Marriage And Family India.— Modern. Women In Development India.— Modern. Women In Politics (British Period) India.— Modern. Women In Politics (1947-1985) India.— Modern. Women's Movement (British Period) India.— Modern. Women's Movement (1947-1985) Indian Writers Indian Writers.— Devotional Poets Indonesia Infant Abandonment Infanticide Infertility Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Internal Labor Market International Council Of Women (ICW) Iran Islamic Law Italian Artists (Fifteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries) Italian Writers (Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries) Italian Writers (From The Nineteenth Century) Italy.—Civil Code Of 1865 Italy.—Law For The Protection Of The Labor Of Women And Children Italy.—Women's Movement (1860-1914) Italy, 1911-1926 Italy,—1922-1939 (Fascism) Italy,—1943-1945 (Partisans) Italy.—Removal Of Fascist Legislation Italy.—Since 1970 Japan.—Ancient Period (To A.D. 1200) Japan.—Feudal Period (1185-1886) Japan.—Post-Meiji Period (From 1886) Japan.—Security Police Law (1905-1945) Japanese American Women During World War II Japanese Religion Japanese Women's Movement Japanese Writers (Classical) Japanese Writers (Modern) Jazz.—Beginnings Through 1950s Jazz.—Modern Developments Jewish Feminist Theology Jewish Women.—Middle Ages Jewish Women.—1500-1800 Jewish Women.—From The Eighteenth Century Jewish Women.—Rabbinic Attitudes Toward Women Judges Jurors Kibbutz Korea.—Modern Period Korea.—Traditional Period Labor, Organized (To C. 1888, U.S.) Labor, Organized (Modern, U.S.) Labor Force Participation Lactation Language Latin America Latin American Artists (Twentieth-Century) Latin American Writers Latina Learned Helplessness Learning Leisure Time (U.S.) Lesbian Literature Lesbian Motherhood Lesbians Letters On The Equality Of The Sexes (1838) Levirate Librarianship Lienu Zhuan Literary Criticism.—Feminist Local Colorists Locus Of Control Machismo Macon, Council Of Magazines, Feminist Magazines, Women's (Nineteenth-Century) Male Chauvinism Mammary Glands (Breasts) Mammography Management Manners, Novel Of Marianism Marital Property Marriage Marriage Penalty (Marriage Tax) Masculinity / Masculinities Masochism Maternal Instinct Math Anxiety Mating And Dating Gradient Matriarchy Matrifocality Matriliny Matrilocality Medicalization Of Motherhood Medicine, Women In Medieval Women.—Daily Life Of Religious Medieval Women.—Lives Of Urban Women Medieval Women.—Noble (Lay)Women Medieval Women.—Peasant Women Medieval Women.—Varieties Of Religious Life Menarche Menopause (Physiological) Menopause (Psychological) Men's Studies Menstrual Cycle Menstruation Menstruation Complex Mental Illness Mental Illness And Gender Mentor Mexican Revolution Midwifery Military Service Misogyny Mode Of Production Monasticism, Christian Mormons Motherhood, Scientific Ms. As A Title Of Address Multiple Regression Analysis Music Business (Classic) Musicians (Pre-Twentieth-Century) Musicians (Twentieth-Century) Mysticism, Christian (Twelfth To Twentieth Centuries) Myth, Revision Of Mythology National Association Of Colored Women (NACW) National Consumers League (NCL) National Council Of Negro Women (NCNW) National Women's Trade Union League (NWTUL) Native American Writers Nazi Propaganda Neolithic Netherlandish Artists (1600-1800) New Deal (1933-1941) "New Woman" In Victorian Literature New Zealand No-Fault Divorce Nonverbal Communication Norway Norway.—Norwegian Writers Novelists, British (Eighteenth-Century) Novelists, British (Nineteenth-Century Victorians) Novelists, British (Twentieth-Century) Novelists, U.S. (To World War I) Novelists, U.S. (After World War I) Nursing Nursing Reform (U.S.) Obstetrics Occupational Segregation Offender Old Wives' Tales Oneida Orgasm Origin Of The Family, Private Property, And The State Osteoporosis Painters (Twentieth-Century) Painters, U.S. (Before World War I) Pakistan Pap Smear Parturition Pastoral Societies Patriarchy Patriliny Patrons And Collectors, U.S. Patrons Of The Arts (Middle Ages And Renaissance) Pattern And Practice Approach To Discrimination Paul (Saint) And Women Pay Equity Peace Movements (U.S.) Peasant Societies Pedagogy, Feminist Performance Art Philippines Physical Attractiveness Physicians Picture Brides Piety/Spirituality (Medieval Christian) Playwrights, U.S. (Twentieth-Century) "Poetess" Poets, British (Romantic) Poets, British (Twentieth-Century) Poets, British (Victorian) Poets, U.S. (Beginnings To World War II) Poets, U.S. (Contemporary) Poland, Republic Of Policy Networks, Women's Polish Writers Political Participation.—Europe. Voting And Office Holding Political Participation.—United States Political Participation.—U.S. Political Parties Political Participation.—U.S. Women Elected And Appointed Officials Pornography Portugal Postpartum Depression Poverty Power Précieuses Pregnancy Premenstrual Syndrome Prison, Mothers In Prison Inmates Prison Reform Movement, 1870-1930 (U.S.) Pro-Choice Movement In The United States, 1940-1977 Pro-Life Movement In The United States Progressive Movement Prostitution Protective Legislation Psychoanalytic Conceptions Of Women Psychoanalytic Theory (Contemporary) Psychosexual Stages Of Development Pubertal Development Public Office, Impact Of Women In Public Sphere Purdah Querelle Des Femmes Rape Rape Trauma Syndrome Reformation Religion, Ancient Religion, Women's Roles In Religious Dissent In Colonial New England Renaissance Literature.—English Lyric Poetry Renaissance Literature.—Italian Writers Renaissance Literature.—Transalpine Writers Reproduction, Ethical Issues In Reproduction Of Labor Power Reproductive System Republican Motherhood Reserve Army Of Labor Rest Cure Retirement Romance, Medieval Romanian Republic Rome, Ancient.—Legal Status Of Women Rome, Ancient.—Political Women Of The Republican Period Rome, Ancient.—Private Lives Of Women Rome, Ancient.—Women In Roman Poetry Rome, Ancient.—Women's Public Roles In The Roman Empire Royal Academy Of Arts Russia.—New Issues For Women Since 1991 Russia.—Tsarist Russia Russia.—Tsarist Russia Women's Movement Russian Writers Saints (Medieval) Saints And Martyrs (Women) In Early Christianity Salonière Sanitary Commission Sati (Suttee) Saudi Arabia Scholars And Intellectuals (English Renaissance) Scholars And Intellectuals (Medieval) Science And Women Science Fiction Sculptors Second Sex, The Secondary Sex Characteristics Self-Defense Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Semiotics And Feminism Settlement House Movement Sex Differences Sex Segregation Sexism Sex-Role Socialization Sex-Role Stereotypes Sexual Ambiguity Sexual Dimorphism Sexual Division Of Labor Sexual Harassment Sexual Orientation Sexuality (Female) Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Shadow Price Shakers Shakespeare, Feminist Criticism Of Shekhinah Sister Formation Conference Slaves, African American Social Feminism Social Purity Movement Social Security Socialist Women Société Des Républicaines Révolutionnaires Sociobiology Southern Black Women's Network (1900-1930) Spain.—Civil War (1936-1939) Spain.—Medieval Spain.—Since 1975 Spain.—Women's Movements Spain.—Writers Spanish America.—Colonial Convents In The New World Spanish America.—Colonial Period Spanish American Poets.—Nineteenth Century Spanish American Poets.—Twentieth Century Spanish American Prose.—Nineteenth Century Spanish American Prose.—Twentieth Century Spanish American Writers (Colonial) Sports Sports. Gender Equity In Sports Issues Statistical Discrimination Status Offenses Stereotypical Heroine In Victorian Literature Subjection Of Women, The Substance Abuse Suffrage Des Femmes Supermarket Romances Supreme Court (U.S.) And Woman's Rights Sweden Swedish Writers' Taiwan Taoism Teaching Television Temperance Crusade And The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Theology, Feminist Theology Of Domination Tibetan Women Title VII Title IX Training Transsexualism Troubadour Literature Turkey Ukraine Unemployment Union Française Pour Le Suffrage Des Femmes (UFSF) Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (1917-1991) United Nations Decade For Women U.S. Sanitary Commission (1861-1865) Uterine Prolapsis Utopian Socialist Movements Utopias, European Utopias, U.S. Vaginitis Variability Hypothesis Veil Veil.—Political Use Of Victimization Of Women Victims Of Crime Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman, A Wage Gap Wagon Trains Weir Mitchell Rest Cure Welfare Westward Movement Wet-Nursing White Slavery Widowhood Witchcraft Witchcraft.—Contemporary (Wicca) Witchcraft Craze Woman In The Nineteenth Century Woman Suffrage Movement (U.S.) Womanist, Womanism, Womanish Woman's Club Movement Woman's Rights Movement (1848-1861) Women And Economics Women's Colleges Women's Work Worker Militancy Workingwomen World War I World War II World's Anti-Slavery Convention Of 1840 Yin And Yang Zhenotdel



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