Chaste widows were revered as heroes during the Ming and Qing periods, and were deemed so central to China ’ s culture and the fate of all peoples, the Yongle Emperor distributed 10, 000 copies of the Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ) to various non-Chinese countries for their moral instruction.

* M. Bell Mirabella discusses Christine ’ s ability to refute the patriarchal discourse in her article Feminist Self-Fashioning: Christine de Pisan and The Treasure of the City of Ladies ( in The European Journal of Women ’ s Studies, 1999 ).

* Karlyn Kohrs Campbell presents an interesting argument about Christine ’ s ability to create a female-oriented dialogue in her lecture Three Tall Women: Radical Challenges to Criticism, Pedagogy, and Theory ( The Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture, National Communication Association, 2001 ).

Elizabeth joined the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, which organized Blackwell ’ s lectures on “ Medicine as a Profession for Ladies ” and set up a private meeting between Elizabeth and the doctor.

The first death due to cholera occurred in 1866, but by then Elizabeth had already opened St. Mary ’ s Dispensary for Women and Children, at 69 Seymour Place.

Works such as Marjorie Rosen ’ s Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream ( 1973 ) and Molly Haskell ’ s From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in Movies ( 1974 ) analyze how the women portrayed in film related to the broader historical context, the stereotypes depicted, the extent to which the women were shown as active or passive, and the amount of screen time given to women.

* 1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women ’ s Suffrage Societies ( NUWSS ).

" Women ’ s testimony is in general light and subject to variation ; this is why it is taken more seriously than that of men " as opposed to men, upon whom " Nature seems to have conferred … the right to govern.

Women were, nonetheless, " denied political rights of ‘ active citizenship ’ ( 1791 ) and democratic citizenship ( 1793 ).

* Woshinsky, Barbara R. Imaging Women ’ s Conventual Spaces in France, 1600 – 1800: The Cloister Disclosed.

( Opper ’ s Happy Hooligan would provide the visual inspiration for Gelsomina in Fellini's 1954 film La strada ; McCay ’ s Little Nemo would directly influence his 1980 film City of Women.

During the autumn, Fellini researched and developed a treatment based on a film adaptation of Mario Tobino ’ s novel, The Free Women of Magliano.

In 1921 – 22, the Bradleys made their first trip to central Africa, which later contributed to Sheldon ’ s short story, " The Women Men Don't See.

In “ The Women Men Don ’ t See ,” Sheldon gives a feminist story a unique spin by making the narrator, Don Fenton, a male.

As Francis states, “‘ The Women Men Don ’ t See ’ is an outstanding example … of the subversive use of genre fiction to produce an unconventional discursive position, the feminist subject ” ( 38 ).

Women ’ s kabuki, called onna-kabuki, was banned in 1629 for being too erotic.

In 1879, a Methodist woman, Frances E. Willard, was voted to the presidency of the Women ’ s Christian Temperance Union, an organization which was characterized by heavy Methodist participation.

To this day, the Women ’ s Division of the General Board of Global Missions holds property across on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, which was built using funds provided by laypeople.

Home to the Mystics, the Mount competes in the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association ( ACAA ) in Women ’ s and Men ’ s Basketball, Soccer and Women ’ s Volleyball.

In 2011, Men's Health named her one of the " 100 Hottest Women of All-Time ", ranking her at No. 29.

* Morin, Jack Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women, Down There Press, 1998.

The term was adopted at the third conference of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and in 1991 the WHO recommended its use to the United Nations.

In 1979 the American feminist writer Fran Hosken ( 1920 – 2006 ) presented research about it — The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females — to the first Seminar on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, sponsored by the WHO.

Its principal sections were: Political, Financial and Economics, Transit, Minorities and Administration ( administering the Saar and Danzig ), Mandates, Disarmament, Health, Social ( Opium and Traffic in Women and Children ), Intellectual Cooperation and International Bureaux, Legal, and Information.

* World Health Organization Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women * 2005.

* International Committee of Women Leaders on Mental Health

Men's Health ranked her at No. 32. on their " 100 Hottest Women of All-Time " list.

In 1970 the Boston Women's Health Collective published Women and Their Bodies ( which became far better known a year later under its subsequent title Our Bodies, Ourselves ).

The 2002 and 2003 announcements of the Women's Health Initiative of the American National Institute of Health and The Million Women Study of the UK Cancer Research and National Health Service collaboration respectively, that HRT treatment coincides with an increased incidence of breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes, lead to a sharp decline in HRT prescription throughout the world, which was followed by a decrease in breast cancer incidence.

Dr. Rubinow states that “ the Women ’ s Health Initiative study led to the mistaken belief that estrogen replacement therapy is bad for all women.

Much of the negative impact of estrogen that they found was related to the fact that most of the women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative study were far past the menopause and up to 79 years old .” Dr. Rubinow continues by explaining that “ there are now a large number of studies that demonstrate what has been called the timing hypothesis.

Perimenopausal women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative who received estrogen had significantly lower coronary artery calcification compared to the women who didn ’ t take estrogen .” As Dr. Rubinow states, “ given the mortality and morbidity associated with depression and heart disease, and the tremendous increase in risk of these disorders during the perimenopause, it is critical that we identify those women who will be helped by estradiol .”

* Women are the Fabric: Reproductive Health for Communities in Crisis

The country's first female cabinet minister was appointed in 2004 when Dr. Nada Haffadh became Minister of Health, while the quasi-governmental women's group, the Supreme Council for Women has been training female candidates to take part in the 2006 general election.

* 1993, Women, Ecology and Health: Rebuilding Connections ( editor ), Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Kali for Women, New Delhi

* 1994, Close to Home: Women Reconnect Ecology, Health and Development Worldwide, Earthscan, London, ISBN 0-86571-264-6

Eddy ’ s book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures has been a best seller for decades, and was selected as one of the “ 75 Books By Women Whose Words Have Changed The World ,” by the Women's National Book Association.

* 5th Medical Group offers outpatient services including family practice, dental, pediatrics, aerospace medicine, physical therapy, optometry and Women ’ s Health Care.

Some examples are the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund ( LEAF ), and REAL Women of Canada.

) This was too found at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project and the Women Health Volunteers projects in countries as Iran, Iraq and Nepal.

In 1981, she launched a bilingual magazine called Payam-e-Zan ( Women ’ s Message ).

* The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage, Cathy Hanaeur, ed., reviews in the Atlantic ( magazine ) by Sandra Tsing Loh

In 1894 – 95 Gilman served as editor of the magazine The Impress, a literary weekly that was published by the Pacific Coast Women ’ s Press Association ( formerly the Bulletin ).

Often referred to in newspaper and magazine articles of the period as the " Dean of Arizona Women Artists ".

She was chosen one of " 1998's Most Beautiful People " by People magazine, she also was ranked number 68 in FHM < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s " 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005 " special supplement, and was named number 82 in 2006.

More recently she was named one of the 50 Most Important Women in Science by Discover magazine.

The 2001 May issue of Q magazine named Willcox number 48 in their top 100 Greatest Women in Music poll, as voted for by readers of the magazine.

In 2009 Billboard magazine named Pink the number one pop musician of the decade, and in 2012 VH1 named Pink number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Women with light skin have but only rarely appeared topless in the magazine.

Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the " Hot 100 Women of 2009 " list.

The first of them, 1982's Men Without Women, earned the most critical praise ( Jay Cocks of TIME magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year ), while its follow-up, 1984's Voice of America, did the best on the U. S. albums chart, although none of them were much of a commercial success.

It was used for several quiz shows and it was the base of the regional afternoon magazine show Not for Women Only and TVS filmed the UK inserts for Fraggle Rock there.

They also produced their own afternoon magazine show Not for Women Only.

She ranked 69th in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales Sexiest Women of 2003 list, 24 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women List in 2004, and in late 2006, the magazine Blender listed her as one of the hottest women of film and TV.

She was selected as one of " America's 10 Most Beautiful Women " by Harper's Bazaar magazine in 1989.

* " Humanity, said Edgar Allan Poe, is divided into Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller " in American Heritage magazine, Vol.

She served as the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project Spokesperson for 1995 and was named one of Esquires " Women We Love " and " Women of the Year " for Ms. magazine.

In May 2007, Out magazine ranked Geffen first in their list of the fifty " Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America.

Women joining the workforce have had ' dire consequences for society ,' he told a Christian magazine in 1998 .” Olasky later said in response to this book that he was actually praising the high achievements of women in major philanthropic organizations: “ From my study of the history of poverty-fighting in America, I found that it was basically women who ran the charitable enterprises.

" It's ' Entertainment for Women ' because there's no other magazine out there that caters to women in the way we do ", she said.