gender role

A collection of articles that address the various views people hold about gender roles, addressing topics such as biological differences between men and women, women's changing roles in society, gender bias, and male/female relationships.

Elvina, the unusual granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered respectable for girls, takes a great risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders in eleventh century Troyes, France.

Now rich, Jacky Faber has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic, and believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, she docks in London, where she is arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia.

In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.

A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

Grace O'Malley finds excitement and danger when she defies Irish tradition and goes off to sea with her father, a trader and pirate.

Rhyming text celebrates the many remarkable things that girl can achieve, from packing a lunch box and lacing their shoes to swishing a basketball and climbing a tree.

Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.