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Women and children live in the shadow of violence all the time. Rape, child abuse and sexual assault, pornography, wife battery and sexual harassment are facts of everyday life in our society.

This book in the acclaimed Women’s Hall of Fame Series profiles 10 incredible women with an itch to invent.

The true story of Emily Eaton. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Emily and her family had to fight for her right to go to school with non-disabled children in a regular classroom.

The most memorable teachers are often our role models, who taught by example.

Irene Borins Ash captures the vitality of senior citizens in a series of photographs with biographical sketches and life philosophies.

Faye Schulman was a happy teenager learning to become a photographer when the Nazis invaded her small town on the Russian-Polish border.

Marion Dewar could never ignore a person who was begging in the street. Along with money, she would offer words of encouragement and friendship.

The true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz’s time at the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", a man charged with being complicit in the deaths of more than 300

The work of women designers touches every part of our lives. In the 1920s British furniture designer and architect Eileen Gray developed ideas for homes that still seem modern today.

On a 300-year journey through the historical, political and sociological milieux of Canada and the United States, Morrison examines national views of the past, nature, place and home, religion, vio

The women profiled here have become masters of their art, dancing and choreographing their way around the world.

Frank, clear-eyed and consistent, this collection of Susan G. Cole's writings bucks the backlash against feminist ideas.

Ten profiles of amazing young environmental activists. Each child is captured in a portrait, their achievements described, and filled out with photos.

From Bridgehead, the trading company owned by OXFAM-Canada which promotes economic justice through fair trade with the developing world, comes a cookbook with a difference.

Women have been writing, producing and directing movies since filmmaking began in the early 1900s.