A World of Widows provides a global overview of the status for widowhood. Neglected by social policy researches, international human rights activists and the wo

Frances, Rachel, and Isabella not only survive their trials, but eventually become productive and beneficial members of society, thus serving as positive exampl

Widows of the Great War is the first major account of the experience of women who had to cope with the death of their husbands during the conflict and then rebu

“One day when she looked at the portrait, she considered how blessed she had been in life. She contemplated her good fortune in finding an upright man like Ak

No child of this century, women’s liber­ation existed as a Christian movement in the 2nd century. In this first study of the social context that produced the