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Women

'Who are we?' asks Susan Sontag. The 'we' encompasses a broad spectrum. The women in this book include the anonymous, chief justices, strippers, aerospace engineers, athletes, scientists, and the First Lady. It is an anthology of women which culminates in a great portrait of women of all races and religions, at the end of the century. It is part of the story of how women are presented and how they think of themselves.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 248 pages

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