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Gendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women's mental wellbeing through the life course. Led by women's life history accounts of growing up and growing older in the north of England, this book shows how experiences of becoming and being a woman - in family life, education, employment, motherhood and situations of violence - both enable and erode self confidence and esteem. The...

Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue ticket woman, begins to question...

"Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister,...

ABOUT THIS SUMMARY: This is a very well-written summary and guide to the book, Women Rowing North, by Mary Pipher. This summary is intended to simplify the main book for you, for easy understanding. All the major points, strategies and lessons shared in the main book are carefully extracted and presented in this summary so you can access them quickly and easily. But note that this summary is meant to be a companion, not a replacement, to the main...

La protagonista de esta historia va todos los d�ias a la estaci�on de autobuses para tratar de encontrarle sentido a la vida. All�i, inesperadamente, conoce a una mujer sin memoria que le pide que le construya un pasado. De manera inevitable, mirar atr�as supone para ambas recordar la p�erdida de un padre, un novio y amigos, v�ictimas de la represi�on. La invasi�on de Estados Unidos a Panam�a, la resistencia y los muertos han dejado...

Lily Marshall's life changes radically when she returns to college to get the degree she has always wanted. A new social life on campus, schoolwork keeping her up late, a part-time job, all require Lily's strength, love and perseverance if she is to reach her goal. Adult situations, profanity.