| Description |
xi, 412 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Work -- Marge Piercy, The Secretary Chant · Ruth Sidel, The New American Dreamers · Marilyn French, Economic Discrimination · Nina J. Easton, Feminism Wears a New Suit: A New Decade Brings a New Mood and a New Direction · Susan Faludi, Blame It on Feminism · Leona Nicholas Welch, Housewives Need Their Own Brand of Women's Lib · Karen Kenyon, A Pink-Collar Worker's Blues · Barbara Lazear Ascher, On Power · Tillie Olsen, I Stand Here Ironing · Alice Childress, In the Laundry Room · Anna Mass, A Business Trip Home · Marge Piercy, To Be of Use -- Part Ii. Identity -- Rebecca Randall, Empty Bowl · Eva Hoffman, Lost in Translation · Katherine Mansfield, The Scrapbook of Katherine Mansfield 1905-13 · Molly Ivins, Texas Women: True Grit and All the Rest · Teresa Moore, The Color of Friendship · Naomi Wolf, Hunger · Gloria Steinem, Judging the Beauty Judges · Wendy Wasserstein, The Body Minimal · Jane Fonda, New Frontier · Pauline Kael, Movie Love: Complete Reviews 1988-1991 · Alice Munro, Boys and Girls · Maria Bruno, The Feeder · Debra Swallow, A White Man's World · Chitra Divakaruni, Woman with Kite · Leona Nicholas Welch, A Private Affair -- Part Iii. Making Stereotypes -- Rebecca Radner, Biting the Hand · LaVyrle Spencer, Forgiving · Clarissa Pinkola Este;s, Bluebeard · Judith Viorst, Necessary Losses · Madonna Kolbenschlag, Sleeping Beauty at Seventeen · Barbara Lazear Ascher, The Habit of Loving · Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz, The Superwoman Syndrome · Madeline L'Engle, Names and Labels · Elizabeth Janeway, Reflections on the History of Women · Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: The Cancelled Preface · Carol Tavris, Misdiagnosing the Body: Premenstrual Syndrome, Postmenstrual Syndrome, and Other Normal “Diseases” · Francine du Plessix Gray, The Women's Century · Bernadette Vaughan, Fool's Fire · Rebecca Radner, “Take Off the Red Shoes” -- Part Iv. Breaking Stereotypes -- Anne Petker Dickau, Superwoman · Betty Friedan, A New Life Plan for Women · Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch · Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader: Proving Up · Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Argonauta · Maxine Hong Kingston, No Name Woman · Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own · Susan Chira, Women Say Goodbye to The Life of June Cleaver · Adrienne Rich, Motherhood in Bondage · Madonna Kolbenschlag, Exit the Frog Prince · Katharyn Howd Machan, Hazel Tells La Verne -- Part V. Sexuality, Love And Commitment -- Janet Hamill, Open Window · Carol Tavris, The Feminizing of Love · Carolyn McVickar Edwards, The Gift of Rhythm and Blood · Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, The Female World of Love and Ritual: Relations Between Women in Nineteenth-Century America · Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum, Cancer in Two Voices: Living in an Unstable Body · Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum, Cancer in Two Voices: Living in My Changing Body-and Hers · Helen E. Fisher, The Four-Year Itch · Amy Bloom, Love Is Not a Pie · R.A. Sasaki, First Love · Luci;a Guerra, The Virgin's Passion · Christine Schutt, To Have & To Hold · Ou-yang Tzu, Vase · Toni Cade Bambara, My Man Bovanne · Toi Derricotte, The Promise -- Part Vi. Parents And Children -- Susan Browne, The Chair · Susan Browne, Death by Brute Force · Jessie Bernard, The Mother Role · Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens · Laura Chester, Loving My Boys · Mary Crow Dog with Richard Erdoes, Invisible Fathers · Penelope Kramer, Trying to Read the Tea Leaves · Terri Apter, Altered Loves: Mothers and Daughters During Adolescence · Mari;a Virginia Estenssoro, The Child That Never Was · Bharati Mukherjee, The Management of Grief · Susan Browne, By the River -- Part Vii. Spirituality -- Emily Dickinson, Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Julian of Norwich, A Book of Showings [God the Mother] · Elisabeth Küblier-Ross, Life, Death, and Life After Death · Anita Feder-Chernila, The Spirit Within · Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art · Sue Bender, Plain and Simple · Annie Dillard, An American Childhood · Carolyn McVickar Edwards, The Door to the Soul · Hallie Austen Iglehart, Womanspirit: A Guide to Women's Wisdom · Mother Teresa of Calcutta, My Life for the Poor: Silence and Kindness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
American literature -- Women authors.
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American literature -- 20th century.
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Women -- Literary collections.
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Women.
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| Author |
Ballentine, Susan Frank.
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Inclan, Jessica Barksdale.
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| LC no. |
94007137 |
| ISBN |
1559341947 |
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