{"product_id":"anonymous-is-a-woman-a-global-chronicle-of-gender-inequality-paperback","title":"Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Ansary\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNext Generation Indie Book Award \"Grand Prize\/First Place Winner Nonfiction\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNext Generation Indie Book Award \"First Place Winner Women's Issues Nonfiction\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNext Generation Indie Book Award \"First Place Winner Education\/Academic\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndieReader Discovery Awards \"First Place Winner Nonfiction History\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Franklin Award \"Silver for History\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Franklin Award \"Gold for Interior Design\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Books of the Week\" -- \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmithsonian Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"17 Brilliant Books That You Won't Struggle to Finish\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With a global economic crisis looming, Ansary's book is a reminder that our responses must be alive to inequalities already at play.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAward-winning author, women's rights advocate, and historian Dr. Nina Ansary takes readers on a 4,000-year historical journey to expose the roots and manifestations of systemic gender discrimination. The book's biographical profiles of fifty forgotten female innovators--brought to life by international illustrator Petra Dufkova--shatter deeply rooted gender myths to tell remarkable stories about groundbreaking contributions to the global community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1929, British novelist Virginia Woolf ran her fingers along the spines of the books in her library wondering why no woman in Shakespeare's era had written \"a word of that extraordinary literature when every other man, it seemed, was capable of song or sonnet.\" She concluded, \"Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNearly a century after Woolf penned those incisive words--frequently modified as \"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman\"--the phenomenon of female anonymity persists as women worldwide continue to be restricted by society's formal and unspoken barriers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy does Virginia Woolf's statement still echo in the twenty-first century?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy have women been consistently denied opportunities that are automatically given to men?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd why has the historical record failed to adequately recognize notable women?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnonymous \u003c\/strong\u003eIs a Woman. . .\u003cstrong\u003eexposes \u003c\/strong\u003ethe roots and manifestations of institutionalized gender and racial discrimination; \u003cstrong\u003edismantles \u003c\/strong\u003ecenturies of historical bias through biographical profiles of fifty remarkable, yet forgotten women innovators; and \u003cstrong\u003echallenges \u003c\/strong\u003eingrained stereotypical assumptions to advance an unconventional argument for equality and inclusivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100% of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe primary recipients will be The Center for Human Rights in Iran, a New York-based 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in Iran, and The London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace, and Security, an academic space for scholars, practitioners, activists, policymakers, and students to develop strategies that promote justice, human rights, and participation of women in conflict-affected situations around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769316245792,"sku":"9780986406454","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e8fbfa5ffca71bd82d34f51f170b50bd.webp?v=1780345820","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/anonymous-is-a-woman-a-global-chronicle-of-gender-inequality-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}