The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits

The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits 

by Mihaela Noroc 

Language: English 

New York: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, a divison of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017. 

351 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. 

ISBN: 9780399579950, 0399579958 

Summary: Noroc has journeyed through more than fifty countries to celebrate the diversity of this fascinating world. This volume contains photographs of five hundred women, from tribes, conservative communities, and modern cities. Most were struggling and working hard, and were facing discrimination as women. But through it all they were shining with dignity, strength, and beaut.

Women in the material world

Women in the material world 

by Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel 

Language: English 

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004. 

256 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. 

ISBN: 9780871569844, 0871569841 

Summary: A collection of 375 full-color photographs, accompanied by candid first-person chronicles, statistics, and insights, reflect the status of women around the world, offering a rich portrait of the lives, aspirations, feelings, and beliefs of women from a wide range of cultures.

Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood

Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood 

by Joanne Bubolz Eicher, Lisa Ling 

Language: English 

Washington, D.C., National Geogrpahic, ©2006. 

223 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm. 

ISBN: 9780792241843, 0792241843 

Summary: Celebrates the defining connections among women and honors their differences. Each chapter reveals the actions through which a woman connects with herself, with her family, with members of her community, and with other women--from quinceañera parties commemorating a Hispanic girl turning 15, to pre-wedding henna ceremonies in the Middle East, where the hands and feet of the bride and her party are lavishly painted for her special day. Readers also will learn about such American traditions as the debutante ball, as well as the coming of age rituals of Mende girls in Sierra Leone. Photographs from the National Geographic archive portray these women and their customs across time and around the world; stories and anecdotes from anthropologist Joanne Eicher complement profiles written by Lisa Ling, observing and documenting rituals both ancient and emerging.--From publisher description

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Hair Wars

779/.93915
TR679
Yellen, David
Hair Wars
Brooklyn, NY : powerHouse Books, 2007.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 1576873994
$39.95 (trade cloth)

Women in medicine : a celebration of their work

610.82

R692 .G73 2004

Grant, Ted
Women in medicine : a celebration of their work
Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, c2004.
191 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 1552979067

$39.95 (trade cloth)

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Women & cats

636.8/00222

SF445.5 .W64 2004

Women & cats

Minocqua, Wis. : Willow Creek Press, c2004.

[96] p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.

$14.95 (trade cloth)

ISBN: 1595430563

Free, fearless & female : wild thoughts on womanhood

305.4

PN6084.W6 F74 2004

Free, fearless & female : wild thoughts on womanhood

Minocqua, Wis. : Willow Creek Press, 2004.

111 p. : col. ill. : 15 cm.

ISBN: 1572238852

$14.95 (trade cloth)