Help me think of examples of individual women or groups that worked toward nonviolent social change!! [more inside]
posted by thankyouforyourconsideration on Feb 24, 2009 - 23 answers

Please recommend me some great books about the home front during WWI or WWII. [more inside]
posted by booksandlibretti on Jul 21, 2008 - 26 answers

GeniusFilter: Help me win an argument and prove that there ARE undeniable examples of women geniuses throughout history or even today. [more inside]
posted by DetonatedManiac on Jun 4, 2008 - 62 answers

16th-18th Century (Western Europe): Did working-class women wear corsets? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Jan 20, 2008 - 15 answers

In the U.S., we get all caught up in the decisions that adult women make and the consequences of those decisions. (To have children, not to have children, to work, to stay home with the children, not to work, to marry, to have children without marrying, etc.) Are there similar convulsions about these cultural issues in other countries, especially non-English speaking ones? How can I learn about them? I'm curious both about how women's roles in in their societies are changing and about how those societies are reacting to the changes.
posted by croutonsupafreak on Nov 30, 2005 - 6 answers

I am trying to find an account of an actual historical battle between male and female "armies". [more inside]
posted by ontic on Oct 16, 2005 - 17 answers