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A woman in parody of a dashing young hero, carries a sword and flute at the station of Hara. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37053i- Books
Unwomanly conduct : the challenges of intentional childlessness / Carolyn M. Morell.
Morell, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Mackelcan), 1942-Date: 1994- Books
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Woman's superior excellence over man: or, A Reply to the Author of a late Treatise, entitled, Man superior to Woman. In which, the excessive weakness of that Gentleman's Answer to Woman not inferior to Man is exposed; with a plain Demonstration of Woman's natural Right even to Superiority over the Men in Head and Heart; proving their Minds as much more beautiful than the Men's as their Bodies are, and that, had they the same Advantages of Education, they would excel them as much in Sense as they do in Virtue. The whole interspersed with a variety of mannish Characters, which some of the most noted Heroes of the present Age had the Goodness to sit for. By Sophia, a Person of Quality, Author of Woman not inferior to Man.
Sophia, Person of Quality.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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Woman's superior excellence over man: Or, A reply to the author of a late treatise, entitled, Man superior to woman. In which, the excessive weakness of that gentleman's answer to woman not inferior to man is exposed; with a plain demonstration of woman's natural right even to superiority over the men in head and heart; proving their minds as much more beautiful than the men's as their bodies are; and that, had they the same advantages of education, they would excel them as much in sense as they do in virtue. The whole interspersed with a variety of mannish characters, which some of the most noted heroes of the present age had the goodness to fit for. By Sophia, a Person of Quality, author of Woman not inferior to man.
Sophia, Person of Quality.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Books
Feminist fables for the twenty-first century : the F Word Project / Maureen Burdock ; foreword by Trina Robbins.
Date: [2015]- Pictures
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The death of Orpheus: Orpheus is seen defending himself on one knee against the Thracian women, who assault him with clubs, while a child escapes to the left. Heliogravure after an engraving.
Reference: 43715i- Books
A fine brother : the life of Captain Flora Sandes / Louise Miller.
Miller, Louise, 1968-Date: 2012- Books
Myth and violence in the contemporary female text : new Cassandras / Sanja Bahun-Radunović and V.G. Julie Rajan.
Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules / Daniel O'Brien, University of Southampton, UK.
O'Brien, Daniel, 1967-Date: 2014- Books
Wonder Woman. [No.] 125, [Deathwatch] / [John Byrne, writer-artist].
Byrne, John, 1950-Date: 1997- Books
Doctors killed George Washington : hundreds of fascinating facts from the world of medicine / Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo ; foreword by David Colbert.
Barrett, Erin.Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
Repealed : Ireland's unfinished fight for reproductive rights / Camilla Fitzsimons with Sinead Kennedy ; foreword by Ruth Coppinger.
Fitzsimons, CamillaDate: 2021- Books
A billion wicked thoughts : what the Internet tells us about sexual relationships / Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam.
Ogas, Ogi.Date: 2012, ©2011- Books
Emma Hamilton : seduction & celebrity / edited by Quintin Colville with Kate Williams.
Date: 2016- Books
Gender and the long postwar : the United States and the two Germanys, 1945-1989 / edited by Karen Hagemann, Sonya Michel.
Date: [2014]- Books
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An historical and biographical dictionary, containing an account of the Hebrew patriarchs and princes, of emperors, Kings, and great captains, of the gods and heroes of pagan antiquity, of the popes, holy fathers, celebrated bishops, and cardinals; also Historians, Poets, Orators, Divines, Lawyers, Physicians, &c. with their principal works, and the best editions of them; learned Women, Painters, &c. and all persons in general who have been illustrious, or famous, in any age or nation: pointing out whatever is most remarkable, and most interesting, in sacred or in profane History. Translated from the French of Monsieur the Abbe Ladvocat, Doctor, Librarian, and Orleans Professor in the Sorbonne. by Catharine Collignon. In four volumes. ...
Vosgien, 1709-1765.Date: [illegible] [1799]-1801- Pictures
Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and her staff nursing a patient in the military hospital at Scutari. Coloured lithograph, c. 1855, by T. Packer after himself.
Packer, Thomas.Date: 24 February 1855Reference: 24565i- Books
Crying : the natural and cultural history of tears / Tom Lutz.
Lutz, Tom.Date: [1999], ©1999- Books
Revolutionary lives : Constance and Casimir Markievicz / Lauren Arrington.
Arrington, Lauren, 1981-Date: [2016]- Books
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The new spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety, In which each Word is accented according to its just and natural Pronunciation; the Part of Speech is properly distinguished, and The various Significations are ranged in one Line; With a list of proper names of men and women. The whole compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, to make it a complete pocket companion for those Who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson and Locke, or other English Authors of Repute in Prose or Verse: And in particular to assist young People, Artificers, Tradesmen and Foreigners, desirous to understand what they speak, read and write. To which is prefixed, a grammatical introduction to the English Tongue. By the Rev. Joh Entick, A. M. Editor of Littleton's Latin and English Dictionary and Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon. Carefully revised and corrected; to which with the former Additions, is now first subjoined, chiefly extracted from Doctor Ash's large octavo Dictionary-A Compendious Historical Dictionary of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Heroines, &c.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: 1776- Books
An ideological death : suicide in Israeli literature / Rachel S. Harris.
Harris, Rachel S. (Rachel Sylvia), 1977-Date: 2014- Books
Hope in hell : inside the world of Doctors Without Borders / Dan Bortolotti.
Bortolotti, Dan.Date: [2010], ©2010- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 2019Reference: PP/LIZ/F/2/1Part of: Liz Atkin Archive- Books
Mad matters : a critical reader in Canadian mad studies / edited by Brenda A. LeFrançois, Robert Menzies, and Geoffrey Reaume.
Date: 2013- Pictures
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Interior of a Kabuki theatre while a performance is in progress. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1858Reference: 35867i