Below is one of the lists from the Peace section of the Booklists page of the Housmans website. It's the WOMEN AND PEACE list. You can go right back to the website's main Booklists page (which links directly to and from all the other main pages) here. You can go back up to the start of the Peace section here. And you can jump directly between the Peace lists, without going back up to the head of the Peace section, using the links which follow... Key/recommended texts New and recent publications Topic 1: Pacifism and nonviolence Topic 2: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc Topic 3: Peace education Topic 4: Peace research Topic 5: Women and peace Topic 6: Lifestyles and religious Topic 7: Disarmament, arms race Topic 8: Nuclear and other WMDs Topic 9: Arms trade Topic 10: Specific wars Topic 11: "Terrorism" [Classification not yet available] Topic 12: Peace movement history Topic 13: Miscellaneous topics Topic 14: General peace issues Topic 15: Relevant fiction and poetry Topic 16: Journals [Classification not yet available] Topic 17: Reference [Classification not yet available] Topic 5: WOMEN AND PEACE This is material which: is about women and peace and/or women and war; deals with relevant feminist theory; or discusses the gender aspects of war and militarism. Please remember that many of the older titles included in this list are likely to be second-hand - see the Peace Booklists introductory page. Women at the Hague - The International Congress of Women and Its Results, Jane Addams, Emily G Balch and Alice Hamilton (with an introduction for this edition by Mercedes M Randall) (Garland Publishing, New York, 1972), £8.00 Originally published in 1915. The Women's Peace Union and the Outlawry of War, Harriet Hyman Alonso (Syracuse University Press, 1997), £14.50 The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives (Amnesty International / IANSA / Oxfam International, 2005), £7.50 Just Words: Quotations on Gender, Nonviolence and Peace, (Ed) Shelley Anderson (International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Alkmaar, Netherlands, 2005), £5.00 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe (The Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005, Berne, Switzerland, 2005), £24.95 Stop the Next War Now - Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism, (Eds) Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans (Inner Ocean Publishing, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2005), pbk £10.99 An anthology edited by the founders of the US women's peace movement Codepink. Wave Me Goodbye: Stories of the Second World War, (Ed) Anne Boston (Virago, 1989), hbk £7.00 England's Hour, Vera Brittain (Continuum, 2005), £9.99 A new edition of this classic, impassioned reportage by one of the most acclaimed pacifist writers of the Second World War, first published in 1941. From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, Cynthia Cockburn (Zed Books, London, 2007), pbk £17.99 This study examines women's activism against war in areas as far apart as Sierra Leone, India, Colombia and Palestine. She discusses how nationalism, masculinity, racism and misogyny fuel militarism, and shows how gender is inseparably linked to the perpetuation of war. The Space Between Us - Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict, Cynthia Cockburn (Zed, 1998), pbk £17.95 A highly original study which deepens our understanding of the processes sustaining conflict by means of a close involvement with three remarkable women's projects - in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Postwar Moment - Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping, Cynthia Cockburn and Dubravka Zarkov (Lawrence & Wishart, 2002), £17.00 Peace Work - Women, Armed Conflict and Negotiation, (Eds) Radhika Coomaraswamy & Dilrukshi Foneska (Women Unlimited, New Delhi, India, 2005), hbk £15.95 Pacific Women Speak Out - for independence and denuclearisation, Zohl de Ishtar (Pacific Connections, Annadnale, Australia, 1998), pmphlt £4.50 A collection of stories of resistance against incredible odds, stories of survival. Against Empire - Feminisms, Racism, and the West, Zillah Eisenstein (Zed Books, 2004), pbk £17.95 Showing how the workings of empire are systematically related to gender, the activist author declares that "the globe needs anti-racist feminist voices for peace". Sexual Decoys - Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy, Zillah Eisenstein (Zed Books, 2007), pbk £14.99 This book draws us into the profoundly complex gendered politics of war, illuminating the contradictions of a war waged in the name of spreading democracy. Women and War, Jean Bethke Elshtain (Harvester Press, 1987), £12.50 The Curious Feminist, Cythia Enloe (University of California Press, 2004), pbk £12.95 This collection of lively essays makes sense of globalisation and international politics by taking a deep and personal look into the daily realities in a range of women's lives. Maneuvers - The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives, Cynthia Enloe (University of California Press, 2000), pbk £13.95 Looks incisively at how militarisation affects far more than the obvious people, dealing with many different women's stories and experiences. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map, Ursula M Franklin (Between The Lines, Toronto, Canada, 2006), pbk £14.95 Brings together papers, talks and articles, from the career of a pacifist, environmentalist, feminist activist. All Her Paths are Peace: Women Pioneers in Peacemaking, Michael Henderson (Kumarian Press, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1994), pbk £12.95 Keeping the Peace: Women's Peace Handbook, Lynne Jones (The Women's Press, 1983), £4.00 There We'll Meet Again - The First World War diary of a young German girl, Piete Kuhr (1998), £9.75 The Aftermath: Women in Post-Conflict Transformation, Sheila Meintjes, Anu Pillay and Meredith Turshen (Zed, 2001), hbk £50.00 This book assserts that there is no aftermath for women - a truce does not bring an end to gendered violence. It is too late to leave the transformation of patriarchal gender relations to the post-war period. Opening Doors to Peace - A memorial to Myrtle Solomon (Myrtle Solomon Memorial Fund & War Resisters' International, 1991), pbk £3.00 A memorial to a leading figure in the PPU and the WRI, dealing primarily with her work as chair of WRI from 1975 to 1986. Sonja Schlesin - Gandhi's South African Secretary, George Paxton (Pax Books, 2006), pbk £7.50 Women and Peace - a resource pack for teachers and students, (Ed) Margaret Melicharova (Peace Pledge Union), looseleaf £5.50 Walking to Greenham - How the Peace-camp began and the Cold War ended, Ann Pettitt (Honno, 2006), pbk £8.99 Maternal Thinking - Towards a Politics of Peace, Sara Ruddick (The Women's Press, 1990), pbk £8.95 The Tamarisk Tree: Vol 3, Challenge to the Cold War, Dora Russell (Virago Press, 1985), £4.50 Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority and Mystery, Starhawk (Harper, 1990), pbk £18.95 An examination of the nature of power, offering creative alternatives for positive change in personal lives, communities, and the wider world. Over Our Dead Bodies - Women Against the Bomb, (Ed) Dorothy Thompson (Virago, 1983), £4.00 Bringing Peace Home - Feminism, Violence, and Nature, Karen J Warren and Duane L Cady (Indiana University Press, USA, 1996), £8.50 City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance, Haifa Zangana (Seven Stories Press, New York, USA, 2007), hbk £12.00