A rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari. After more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasmeen Lari, the first woman to open her own architecture firm in Pakistan in 1964, developed Zero Carbon Architecture, which unites ecological and social justice. This volume, edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, and Marvi Mazhar, presents …
"The story of how a self-consious schoolgirl who worried she wasn't smart became the president of Wellesley College, and a leader in philanthropy and social change"--Includes index.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to science and journalism deserve greater recognition"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Cracking the Bro-Code is an ethnography that engages women navigating male-dominated cultures of computing. It provides evidence of women's experiences to reveal the values and practices of U.S.-based high-tech institutions and how they reproduce discrimination and harassment not only in their workplaces, but also in the broader political economy"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An examination of the factors that influence women's rise to leadership in male-dominated industries, informed by scholarly research and personal interviews"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Tells the story of pregnancy testing-one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A guide for organizations to improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, focusing specifically on the experiences of women of color"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creati…
"This edition of A World of Women follows the text of the 1913 edition published by W. Heinemann, which is in the public domain""When a plague kills off most of England's male population, Mr. Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery and his daughters find meaningful roles in a female-dominated agricultural commune"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.