From the bookshelf: Recommended readings

[theHandpuppet]

Okay, I'll start this off, Feel free to add to the list!

Grit-tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States
Nancy Marie White, Lynne P. Sullivan, Rochelle A. Marrinan
University Press of Florida, 1999 - Social Science - 392 pages

A "group biography" of Southeast archaeology's pioneering women, whose careers spanned the decades between 1920-1960, when many got work as excavators on WPA crews. Inspiring tales of innovative lab work, adventurous fieldwork.

Not many copies available but did see one left via Amazon.

[Squinch]

1. Oh, great idea!

That sounds like a good read.

I'll add a couple of classics: Rianne Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade, Antonia Frazer's Warrior Queens

[ismnotwasm]

2. Oh I'm totally down with this one

I love archeology, and you almost never hear about the women-- thank you!

[theHandpuppet]

6. I hope you find a copy

If you find a better source than Amazon, let us know. They only had 1 left.

[riverwalker]

3. anything by Alexandra David-Neel

Alexandra David-Néel (24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a Belgian-French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist and writer, most known for her visit to Lhasa, Tibet, in 1924, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels. Her teachings influenced beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, philosopher Alan Watts, and esotericist Benjamin Creme.

In Lhasa 1924

[ismnotwasm]

4. Nice!

[ismnotwasm]

5. I'm reading

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Cook-- long put pretty good

And for those who like theology, anything by Elaine Pagels.

A fun one is "A woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets" by Barbara Walker

And for those who enjoy Jungian Psychology, the classic "Women who Run with the wolves" looong and dense but rich in imagery and affirmation.