Complete List Alphabetical By Title / L-Z

Other Colors, Rachel Martin and Tatiana Schreiber
Description: This set includes two audiocassettes and a teacher's guide. The cassettes have excerpts from interviews of women immigrants from a variety of countries. Health is touched on occasionally in the stories. The first cassette has two parts, "No Time for Home" and "Here, Everything is Different." The second cassette includes discussions of domestic violence; mothers and daughters; employment; lesbian immigrants; and race, color and identity. The teacher's guide includes suggestions for activities to use before, during, and after listening to the tapes. The activities are writing and processing exercises that provoke thoughtful discussion and can be adapted to ESOL, ABE, or college-level classes. The Teacher's Guide includes sections on Facilitating Rich Discussions, and Notes on the Uses of Writing, as well as suggested readings.
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/culture/materials/video_audio_004.html
Subjects: Immigration Issues; Curriculum
Other Colors Project, 215-849-3775, 1996, no isbn, Audio Cassette, $20.00 (individuals) / $35.00 institutions.

Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century: A Book by and for Women, Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Description: Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century is the first major revision of this classic since 1984 and reflects the major changes that have occurred in every area of women's health. It is still the definitive consumer health reference of all women. Subjects: Health; Women's Issues
Touchstone Books, 1998, 0-684-84231-9 , Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $24.00.

Outer Limits, The Literacy Project (ed)
Description: Learner writings from literacy centers located in Western Massachusetts. Subjects: Poetry; Memoir; Learner Writings
Literacy Project, Periodical, no isbn, Staple Bound, Various pgs, $---Contact Source. Level: mixed.

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The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Completely Revised and Updated, Joni Seager (editor)
Description: In this revision of her ground-breaking atlas, Joni Seager draws on a vast amount of new global data to explore the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, beauty, culture, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, time budgets, literacy and education, lesbian rights, women in government, and more. This useful book full of color graphics and charts, may be useable with upper level learners and in GED math courses. Subjects: Women's Issues
Penguin Books (www.penguinputnam.com), 2003, 0-14-200241-0, Paperback, 128 pgs, 7 x 9 1/4, $20.00.

Personal and Life Management Skills for Women: A facilitator's manual, Kwantlen University College
Description: This manual consists of three workshops on Self-esteem, Stress, and Assertiveness. Over 60 interesting and innovative group exercises, which vary in length from 15 minutes to an hour, are woven throughout the workshops. The stress workshop includes four guided relaxation scripts which are also available on audiotape cassettes. The manual also features a 30-page section entitled An orientation to group facilitation. Subjects: Women's Issues; Self-Help; Curriculum
Grass Roots Press, , no isbn, Paperback, 329 pgs, $57.00.

Proclamation of Independence: Women of Oakland / Life Stories Told by Women Students, Second Start Program
Description: Subjects: Learner Writings; Learning Center Publication; Memoir; Women's Issues
Oakland Public Library, (Distributed by: Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) 2000, 1-928836-06-2, Paperback, 59 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00. Level: 3-5.

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Quest for Life: Women of Oakland / Life Stories Told by Women Students, Second Start Program
Description: (none available) Subjects: Learner Writings; Learning Center Publication; Memoir; Women's Issues
Oakland Public Library, (Distributed by: Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) 2000, 1-928836-05-4, Paperback, 48 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00. Level: 1-2.

Question Violence: Love Is the Answer, Young Parent Program: Health Patrol
Description: This small collection was written by learners about their experiences of personal and community violence. Produced with educator Elizabeth Morrish (World Education) Subjects: Violence; Learner Writings; Learning Center Publication
Adult & Community Services, Lowell, MA, 1994, , Spiral Bound, 29 pgs, 11 x 8 1/2, $---Contact Source

Refugee & Immigrant Women's Project Curiculum, Educators at Tacoma Community House
Description: Subjects: Curriculum; ESL
Tacoma Community House, 2000, no isbn, Paperback, $---Contact Source.

Safe and Secure: Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Muslim Societies, Mahnaz Afkhami, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff and Haleh Vaziri
Description: from the website...This training manual assists women to identify sources of violence in the family, community, society, and state; to communicate information about and understanding of violence to other women and men; and to influence governments to formulate and implement policies that eliminate gender-based violence. Available in: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Russian. <http://www.sigi.org/Programs/VAWP/index.htm> Subjects: Muslim; Violence; International
Sisterhood Is Global Institute, 1998, no isbn, Paperback, $22.00.

Sex Education Activities: Just for the Health of It, Unit 4 , Janet Rizzo Toner
Description: (From the catalog... The Just for the Health of It series is an unmatched tool for teaching basic health concepts and skills to students in grades 7-12. Features ready-to-use games, puzzles, worksheets, skits, and more. Each volume features 90 reproducible activities, a teacher's guide, and complete answer keys. Subjects: Health; Sexuality
Prentice-Hall, 1993, 0-876-28851-4, Paperback, $19.95.

Something in My Mind Besides the Everyday: Women and Literacy, Jennifer Horsman
Description: This book examines the frequently hidden issues that contribute to the illiteracy of women, through the words of women rarely heard in the literature about literacy. Horsman examines social, personal, familial and community patterns that form the social disorganization in the lives of rural women. With interviews of rural women about their illiteracy, Horsman's theoretical analysis soundly argues that illiteracy is socially constructed. Subjects: Education; Women's Issues

Women's Press, 1991, 0-889611-45-9, Paperback, 238 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $14.95.

To order: Toronto Women's Bookstore, (416) 922-8744, twb@web.net

Starting with Women's Lives, Changing Today's Economy: A facilitator's guide to a visual workshop methodology, Suzanne Doerge and Beverly Burke
Description: This tool is intended for groups of women who want to facilitate workshops with women on gender relations in today's economy. Beginning with women's experiences, it is adaptable to many kinds of groups and situations. Subjects: Economy / Money; Popular Education; Work / Career; Women's Issues
Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada, Distributed by: Bookstore of the Americas (www.americas.org) 2000, 0-9691439-6-6, Spiral Bound, 94 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $13.95.

Stories from Home: A collection of creative writing by students and friends, Learners & Staff
Description: This annual publication is a collection of creative writing by students and friends of the North Quabbin Adult Education Center -- Poetry, short writings, and artwork by learners.
Subjects: Learning Center Publication; Learner Writings; Memoir
North Quabbin Adult Education Center, annual, (no isbn), Staple Bound, @35 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $---Contact Source.

Stories to Tell Our Children , Gail Weinstein-Shr
Description: from the catalog... Stories to Tell Our Children is an anthology of fourteen stories collected from immigrants and refugee students enrolled in adult ESL programs in the United States and Canada. Each one is accompanied by activities designed to invite adults who are new users of English to respond to the stories and to tell their own as they develop reading and writing skills. The stories in this anthology are unique and powerful because they are authentic they speak directly to the adult learner and they address the joys and sorrows of the immigrant experience. Subjects: Immigration Issues; ESL; Curriculum
Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1992, 0-838423-62-0, Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $25.95. Level: mixed.

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Tacoma Community House ESL Curriculum, Educators from Tacoma Community House Description: Subjects: Curriculum; ESL
Tacoma Community House, 1998, (no isbn), Spiral Bound, 195 pgs, $40.00.

Take on the Challenge: A Source Book from the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project, Elizabeth Morrish, Jenny Horsman and Judy Hofer
Description: This resource book includes photos and original artwork along with a practical collection of ideas and activities. The examples come from teachers working in GED, native language literacy, ABE, ESOL, welfare-to-work, corrections, and shelter settings.  It shows how they successfully changed their curriculum and learning environment to address the impact of violence on learning.     Subjects: Violence; Curriculum; Research  
World Education, 2003, (no isbn), Paperback, 191 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $15.00. To order a hard copy, contact Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi: skurtz@worlded.org
On-line version available - pdf.

Talking Shop: A Curriculum Sourcebook for Participatory Adult ESL, Andrea Nash, AAnn Cason and Madeline, McGrail, Loren, & Gomez-Sanford, Rosario Rhum
Description: Subjects: ESL; Curriculum
Delta Systems Co., Inc., 1992, 0-937354-78-3, Paperback, 70 pgs, $---Out of Print.

Tell Me Something I Can't Forget, Diane Garey and Lawrence Hott
Description: This film documents the work of Pat Schneider who has led a remarkable Amherst Writers & Artists Institute workshop for women in low-income housing projects in Chicopee, Massachusetts since 1985. see: http://www.amherstwriters.com/AWAIfilm.html -- clip available. Subjects: Writing; Women's Issues
Amherst Writers & Artists Institute, 1993, 1-55974-427-8, Video, 24 minutes (color), $35.00.

Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women, Elliot Liebow

Description: Using participant-observer methods, Liebow offers a moving and illuminating study about the lives of women living in a homelss shelters in ad around Washington, DC. Subjects: Housing Issues; Women's Issues; Research
Penguin, 1995, 0-14-024137-X, Paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $13.95. Level: 8+.

Telling Our Stories Our Way: A Guide to Good Canadian Material for Women Learning to Read, CCLOW Project Working Group (ed)
Description: This guide contains reviews and sample pages from books and pamphlets, considered to be good material for women literacy learners. Primarily contains Canadian resources and it is not known how many of those are still available.
http://www.nald.ca/canorg/cclow/cclow2.htm Subjects: Book Reviews/Resources; Reading

Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW), 1991, 0-921283-08-3, Paperback, 101 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, Now available on the internet - pdf version.

To Open Your Mind: A Collection of Writings by Adult Learners in Minnesota, MLC Staff (ed)
Description: from website: "To Open Your Mind is a publication featuring the writings and artwork of Minnesota adult learners and students. It is published periodically by the Minnesota Literacy Council, but learners are invited to submit their works at any time. In between publications, selected writings may be posted on this Web page with the author's permission."
http://www.themlc.org/To_Open_Your_Mind.htm Subjects: Learner Writings; Fiction; Memoir; Poetry
Minnesota Literacy Council, Annual, (no isbn), Staple Bound, various pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $---Contact Source. Level: mixed.

Together We Bloom: Women Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence, Judy Hofer
Description: Also available through Laubach Literacy Action (outside of Massachusetts)
see also Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook section 4: http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/vera/saying.htm. Also has a book to accompany Subjects: Violence
Literacy Project, date unknown, no isbn, Video, $29.95.

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Views and Voices: Writers of English Around the World, Valerie Whiteson and Françoise Beniston, editors.
Description: Publisher description: “This collection of fourteen stories is a vibrant testimony to the richness of global literature written by authors whose first language is English, but whose first culture is not. Drawn from various continents, each story in its original English form intellectually and emotionally explores life while simultaneously expanding learners' knowledge of the English language. The units open with pertinent pre-reading questions, unique library/Internet activities, and a short introduction to the author and theme. This is followed by the text of the reading, with difficult vocabulary defined in the margins. Further activities explore each story through Internet sites, journal writing, a focus on different styles and usage of English, discussion questions, and follow-up projects.” The textbook style may not draw learners to it, but this is a useful format for teacher of intermediate level ESL/EFL learners. Most interestingly, though, is that this is fiction by well-known international writers, all but one of whom are women! It also has a wide international range: Korea, The Middle East, Botswanna, Vietnam, Antigua, Sweden and India to name a few. Subjects: International; Fiction: Short Stories
ALTA Book Center, 2003, 1-882483-87-1, Paperback, 189 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $16.95. Level: Intermediate.

We are the Ones We Are Waiting For: Women of Color Organizing for Transformation, Rinku Sen (ed)
Description: from the introduction..."We Are the Ones We Are Waiting For - Women of Color Organizing for Transformation centers on the stories and experiences of women of color in the United States organizing our communities to change the economic and social structures that govern our lives. This document is based on interviews conducted in 1993 with 32 women organizing in communities of color all over the United States who were identified by a committee of activists related to the US/URM Contact Group. African American women comprise the largest single racial group represented, with 12 interviews; we also interviewed 7 Latinas (of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Dominican descent), 8 Asians (of Korean, Filipino, Indian, Japanese and Chinese descent), and 6 Native Americans (of Cheyenne, Menominee and Ojibwa nations). Five of the 33 are openly lesbian. Twenty-three were born in the United States, while 10 have immigrated from Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, India, Hong Kong and the Philippines. We range in age from 25 to 60."
For more information: http://www.urm-usa.org/transform_women.htm
Phone: 919-683-3145, Fax: 919-683-6395
10+ copies cost $5.00 each Subjects: Community Involvement; Women of Color
Urban Rural Missions of the World Council of Churches, 1995, no isbn, Staple Bound, 56 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $8.00.

WEdGE, Women's Education in the Global Economy: A Workbook of Activities, Games, Skits and Strategies for Activists, Organizers, Rebels and Hell Raisers, Miriam Ching Louie and with Linda Burnham
Description: Sample lesson can be seen at: http://www.coloredgirls.org/pub/pub_wedge.html
from their website... Women, workers, indigenous peoples, and poor communities are paying a heavy price for the ever-expanding global economy. Women's Education in the Global Economy (WEdGE), a new workbook, increases our understanding of how women around the globe are affected by the global economy and how they are organizing to defend their rights. Subjects: Community Involvement; Women of Color; Curriculum; Popular Education
Women of Color Resource Center, 2000, 1-892999-01-3, Spiral Bound, 166 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $24.95.

We're All in This Together: Leadership and Community at the Open Book, Students and Staff of the Open Book
Description: Journal notes, conversations, and other writings portray the work and community created in learning at The Open Book in New York. Subjects: Community Involvement; Learner Writings; Education; Learning Center Publication
Open Book, 1991(?), no isbn, Staple Bound, 80 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $---Contact Source.

When We Are All Strong Together: Understanding Gender Discrimination, Building Gender Justice, Jennifer Butler and Melissa Gillis, eds.
Description: This study and action guide on women's issues provides in-depth analysis in everyday language. Designed for use in adult and youth groups, the resource addresses a diversity of issues including: 4th World Conference on Women, Women's human rights, violence, media, health, economics. Includes some Christian content.
Presbyterian Distribution Services (800) 524-2612. $10 each/$9 for ten or more. http://www.horeb.pcusa.org/peacemaking/resources.htm Subjects: Women's Issues; Community Involvement
Presbyterian Distribution Services, 1997, no isbn, Paperback, 156 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00.

Where there is life, there is hope: Women literacy students and discrimination, The Samaritan House PAR Group
Description: Available online in pdf format, this workbook written by women literacy students describes how they used participatory action research to discuss discrimination and to write this book. (or call: 1-800-262-3930) Subjects: Popular Education/Participatory; Learner Writings; Rights
Department of Education and Training, Province of Manitoba: Literacy and Continuing Education Branch, 1995, http://www.nald.ca/CLR/lifehope/cover.htm, Internet, 43 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Internet. Level: 5-8.

Wild Garden: Art, Education, and the Culture of Resistance, dian marino
Description: The book combines writings and personal reflections, art and graphic images, practical exercises, and teaching tools to convey a dynamic approach to participatory learning. Includes art and photographs. Subjects: Popluar Education; Art
Between the Lines, 1997, 1-89635-13-X, Paperback, 160 pgs, 7 x 9 1/4, $24.95.
"This is a breathtaking offering of ideas and images that every educator will cherish and use." --Budd L. Hall, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Who Holds the Mirror: The mural, oral histories and pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project, Beth Sauerhaft and Marty Williams
Description: This book accompanies the mural, "Breast Cancer, Women's Lives and the Environment", created by researchers & artists in the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project. The book contains: * A Mural Key that identifies the key people, organizations, ideas, and concepts illustrated in the mural. The mural key can be photocopied and distributed as a mini-guide at mural events. * A section with 'Ideas for Using the Mural and Oral Histories' in community education and political organizing. * A narrative description of participatory action research as practiced by the BCOHAP. * Selections from the multilingual oral histories collected by the action researchers of the BCOHAP. These selections are in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Contact: 510.558-3441 or <bethpopedu@igc.apc.org> posters & Postcards also available. Subjects: Health; Popular Education/Participatory
Breast Cancer Oral History Project, (Distributed by: Peppercorn Books) 1998, no isbn, Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00.

Women Getting Together, The Women's Health Group at the Learning Centre
Description: A supplement to "Learning for our Health", this is a photostory about a women's health group at the Learning Centre. Also available at Peppercorn Books. Subjects: Health; Learner Writings
Learning Centre Literacy Association, 1998, 0-9698539-8-X, Staple Bound, 10 pgs, $4.00.

Women in Literacy Speak: The Power of Woman-positive Literacy Work, Betty-Ann Lloyd, with Frances Ennis and Tannis Atkinson
Description: This book includes material written by students and staff, and a summary of the research process, collaborative analysis, and recommendations. Subjects: Women's Issues; Education; Research

Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW), 1994, 1-895686-37-7, Paperback, 180 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $Now available on the Internet - pdf version.

Women Leading Through Reading
In 1996, Women Leading Through Reading published a six-part series in Important Information, the monthly newsletter produced by the Minnesota Literacy Council. The articles were meant to raise awareness about women's issues and to educate literacy workers about the specific barriers faced by women when trying to pursue their education.
Internet Only <www.litwomen.org/6articles.html>

Women's Health: Body Wisdom for Every woman, Hudson River Center for Program Development (HRCPD)
Description: This module looks at how we, as women, can take charge of our own health. We explore when to seek professional care. We also provide suggestions on how to successfully interact with health providers so we can make informed decisions and receive appropriate care if, or when, it becomes necessary. In this curriculum guide, we discuss: choosing a healthy lifestyle, that which is uniquely feminine, making decisions about health, preventing, detecting, and treating illness, mental health. While this information may seem daunting at first, remember to take it one piece at a time. Tailor your instruction to your students' needs and interests. Subjects: Health
Hudson River Center for Program Development (HRCPD), 1998, no isbn, pdf on Internet <http://www.hudrivctr.org/womanhth.pdf>, 74 pgs, $---Internet.

The Women’s Health Project, NOW (National Organization for Women Foundation)    
Description: NOW offers a series of Health Fact Sheets on a variety of topics including: Body Image, HIV/AIDS, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Smoking, Reproductive Health and other issues.     Subjects: Health; Women's Issues; Curriculum 
NOW, Internet, $FREE. http://www.nowfoundation.org/health/whp/ 

Women's Words: A Change Curriculum for Tutors and Learner, SCALE
Description: This reflection and action curriculum was designed for volunteer tutors who are working with girls and women in their community. The curriculum offers women-focused social change texts, accompanied by reflection session agendas for use by tutors and lesson plans for use with learners. Through the provided texts, both tutors and learners will examine the issues women face, as well as learn about women who have taken positive action in their communities. The curriculum will also prompt tutors and learners to examine their own experiences and contexts, and to make their own plans for action.Packets include:
* Girls and... Education; Social Change; Well-Being; Family
* Women and... Education; Social Change; Well-Being; Family; Work
Subjects: Curriculum; Women's Issues
SCALE / http://www.unc.edu/depts/scale/, 2001, July, , Internet, $---Internet.

Working Hard, Staying Poor: Women & Children in the Wake of Welfare "Reform", Linda Burnham and Kaaryn Gustafson
Description: from the website...This report assesses the impact of welfare reform on poor women and their families by reporting the findings of government and non-government agencies that have studied various aspects of welfare reform at the national, state and county levels. The report also lifts up the voices of the women most affected by the changes. The report concludes that welfare reform contradicts the spirit and intent of the historic Beijing Platform for Action by driving women into deeper poverty rather than assisting them to a path of economic security. Subjects: Welfare; Women's Issues
Women of Color Resource Center, 2000, no isbn, Staple Bound, 40 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00.

Working with Pregnant and Parenting Teens: A Guide for Use withTeenage Pregnancy, Linda Barr and Catherine Monserrat
Description: From the catalog...This book is written for professionals from a variety of disciplines, concisely presenting the most essential information in the field. The material is both practical and realistic, while still maintaining a positive approach to working with this population. Subjects: Teens; Pregnancy
New Futures Inc., 1996, 0945886136 , Spiral Bound, 8 1/2 x 11, $27.95.

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