For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women

A new perspective on female history: with reference to the history of American medicine, psychology, child-rearing, etc.

" ' For Her Own Good'...uses rationality informed by moral insight to meet the 'experts' head-on." - (Boston Sunday Globe)

top sociology books

The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls +w Jeannette Walls's memoir revolves around her parents, who give the concept...  read more

2.  The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell +w 3.  Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer +w 4.  Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama +w 5.  Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond +w 6.  The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins +w 7.  Good To Great - James C. Collins +w 8.  Collapse - Jared Diamond +w 9.  Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson +w 10.  Different Dances - Shel Silverstein +w

top women's studies books

Lucky - Alice Sebold +w Raped and beaten as an 18-year-old Syracuse University student, Alice Sebold...  read more

2.  The Tenth Circle - Jodi Picoult +w 3.  Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi +w 4.  When Everything Changed - Gail Collins +w 5.  Riding Dirty on I-95 - Nikki Turner +w 6.  We Thought You Would Be Prettier - Laurie Notaro +w 7.  Half the Sky - Nicholas D. Kristof +w 8.  A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel +w 9.  Why Men Love Bitches - Sherry Argov +w 10.  Smashed - Koren Zailickas +w