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This multicultural anthology explores the similarities and differences among women’s experiences, and the approaches women have used to change their lives. Poems, ?ction, diary entries, and essays included illustrate personal experiences and issues in women’s studies. The reader’s unique blend of academic and literary sections presents feminist issues in an accessible format for students.
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This update of an introductory women's studies text by three instructors at the State U. of New York-New Paltz features 149 first-person and fictional accounts on defining the field, dominant ideas about becoming a woman in US society, gender and women's bodies, institutions that shape women's lives, differences dividing and connecting women, the consequences of sexism, and organizing for change. Lists further readings by theme. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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