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Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner...
2) Dietland
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"A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club"--
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"Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure...
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"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go...
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Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny.
Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible — like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you — writer and humoristLindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but.
From a painfully shy childhood in which...
Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible — like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you — writer and humoristLindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but.
From a painfully shy childhood in which...
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The fabulous Ms. Findlay bids us a fond farewell. Whether she's spotting a flying saucer, vying with husband Walter for the "Businessman of the Year" award, or putting on the wackiest telethon around, Maude is ready with a quip and the courage of her convictions. But when her favorite Congresswoman takes a sudden exit from the political arena, it's up to Maude to step in to the biggest shoes she's ever had to fill!
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Season five finds Maude and Walter striking up a friendship with a couple who are interested in swapping a lot more than recipes, and Vivian attends her first funeral; with hilarious results. And when their delightfully daffy maid Mrs. Naugatuck finds love, will the Findlays lose a housekeeper, or gain a Burt?
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Maude was first introduced as Edith Bunker's outspoken, liberal cousin on the classic TV show All in the Family. Her spinoff, set in Tuckahoe, New York, focuses on Maude's daily adventures at home with fourth husband Walter, divorced daughter Carol, and Carol's son Phillip. Contains all 24 episodes from the fourth season.
10) Maude: Season 1
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Maude was first introduced as Edith Bunker's outspoken, liberal cousin on the classic TV show All in the Family. Her spin-off, set in Tuckahoe, New York, focuses on Maude's daily adventures at home with fourth husband Walter, divorced daughter Carol, and Carol's son Phillip.
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