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One Of The Boys Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army By Kayla Williams with Michael E. Straub
Reviewed by Carol Burke
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Africa, As The Women Tell It Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel Edited by Esi Sutherland-Addy and Aminata Diaw
Reviewed by E. Frances White
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Woman Suffrage’s “Long March” Sisters: The Lives of America’s Suffragists By Jean H. Baker
Untidy Origins: A Story of Woman’s Rights in Antebellum New York By Lori D. Ginzberg
Reviewed by Vivian Gornick
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Essay Germany’s “Silenced Library” By Bettina Brandt
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Gathering The Story The Painted Drum By Louise Erdrich
Reviewed by Trish Crapo
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Essay Men and Women are from Earth By Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers
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Up And Down On The Work-Parenting Carousel The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother By Miriam Peskowitz
Parenting and Professing: Balancing Family Work with an Academic Career Edited by Rachel Hile Bassett
Reviewed by Heather Hewett
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Women Gone Wild Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture By Ariel Levy
Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families By Pamela Paul
Reviewed by Leora Tanenbaum
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Poetry “Menopause I: Conversations with God” “Menopause II: Rereading Kenneth Rexroth’s Poems from the Greek Anthology” By Emily Grosholz
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Cartoon “The Genius” By Jennifer Camper
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The Secret Of The Missing Author Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her By Melanie Rehak
Reviewed by Nan Cinnater
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The Black Actor’s Dilemma Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood By Jill Watts
Reviewed by Samantha Barbas
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Brazil Beyond The Borders First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix By Regina Rheda
Reviewed by Marguerite Itamar Harrison
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The Power Of Secrets Captain of the Sleepers By Mayra Montero
Reviewed by Hilda Lloréns
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The Shelter Of Each Other On Beauty By Zadie Smith
Reviewed by Susan Alice Fisher
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On My Bookshelf By Gish Jen