Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Discover the science-based hacks to balance your glucose levels, improve your sleep, energy, weight, skin, and mood, and even slow down aging. Learn how to manage your blood sugar without giving up on delicious food, and reduce the risk of developing conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. This entertaining and informative book is filled with the latest scientific data and offers ten simple, surprising tips to immediately improve your life.

Discover the truth behind common pregnancy rules with Expecting Better. Economist and mom-to-be, Emily Oster, debunks myths surrounding pregnancy using critical thinking and economics. Are doctors working from bad data? Is it worth risking a miscarriage to test for genetic defects? Oster provides hard facts and real-world advice for expectant mothers to make informed decisions about their health and the health of their babies. Get the information you won't find at the doctor's office and enjoy a healthier, less anxious pregnancy with Expecting Better.

Experience the exciting history of the women's suffrage movement through the eyes of its bold leaders and devoted activists. Ellen Carol Dubois delves into the movement's pre-Civil War roots with foremothers Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth, exploring its links to the abolition of slavery. Dubois covers the movement's eventual triumph in securing voting rights for all American women, and the subsequent efforts of suffragists to use their newfound political power for the greater good. Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote is a vivid and authoritative account of one of the great episodes in the history of American democracy.

Explore the rich, empowering legacy of the black women blues tradition through the eyes of one of America's most brilliant intellectuals. This groundbreaking analysis from Angela Y. Davis examines the careers of three crucial blues singers - Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday - through a feminist lens, providing a historical, social, and political context that illuminates their powerful artistry. Davis reveals how these women laid the groundwork for an aesthetic that celebrated social, moral, and sexual values outside of mainstream American culture, using meticulous song transcriptions to show how the roots of blues extend far beyond its musical origins. This stunning and indispensable contribution to American history is as boldly insightful as the women Davis praises.

A legal scholar delves into the issue of hyper-incarceration in the US and the feminist movement's emphasis on tough criminal laws. The author argues that this approach is counterproductive and dangerous, making women less safe and entrenched in a flawed criminal justice system. Through vivid cases and analysis, the book calls for a shift away from punitive policies and towards alternative solutions for fighting violence against women.

Reclaiming the Mainstream by Joan Kennedy Taylor celebrates the individualistic and equal rights tradition of feminism, drawing upon voices from the movement's most enduring figures, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret Fuller, John Stuart Mill, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book outlines the history of the women's movement, the clash between individualist and collectivist ideas, and provides an analysis of contemporary policy issues affecting women. Taylor argues for a consistent and effective individualist feminist philosophy to solve the problems women face in managing work, family life, and relationships.