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This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban s rule in Afghanistan.

Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The author reflects about gender identity based on the depiction of females in the media.

The author explores the life of Barbara Newhall Follett as she evaluates her own in this biography and memoir.

"... [Looks at] women throughout time and from all over the globe who shaped history and changed the world with their might and their minds"--Jacket flap.

In graphic novel format looks at feminism and media literacy.

"In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes.

"The . . . true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909"--Provided by publisher.

Presents information about the history and current problems with gender inequality throughout the world, and details the societal roles of women, the social conditions and discrimination that women face, and the rise of the feminist movement and theory.

"2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers.

"A collection of humorous essays with a . . . narrative thread relating the stories of notable women throughout history who dressed as men to get what they wanted or needed, complete with a four-color portrait of each woman"--Provided by publisher.

Five stories, written anonymously by Louisa May Alcott, prior to her success with Little Women, telling tales of mesmerism, feminism, and drug experimentation, with an introduction by an Alcott scholar.

This alternative history of the Renaissance as told through the emerging literature of beauty focuses on the actresses, authors and courtesans who fought the era's misogyny and explains how their efforts are still relevant today.