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Picking up where her previous successful, and highly lauded book, America's Women, left off, Gail Collins recounts the sea change women have experienced since 1960. A comprehensive mix of oral history and Collins's keen research, this is the definitive book about five crucial decades of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Betty Friedan: Add a description of this character.
- Smith
- Peterson
- Gloria Steinem
- Hillary Clinton
- Dana
- Ella Baker
- Kennedy
- Blackwell
- Johnson
- Tanya
- Pollard
- Palin
- Lorena
- Alison Foster
- Alice Paul
- Madeleine Kunin
- Roberts
- Mccain
- Nora Ephron
- Lynnette
- Panter
- Joyce Ladner
- Rosa Parks
- Ledbetter
- Leclair
- Diane Nash
- Muriel Fox
- Marguerite Rawalt
- Maria
- Roraback
- Pauli Murray
- Mccorvey
- Harper
- Lenora Taitt-magubane
- Mondale
- Acevedo
- Moton
- Atkinson
- Garland
- Brademas
- Vicki
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Washington
- White House
- America
- United States
- Mississippi
- Chicago
- Atlanta
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Wyoming
- Texas
- Illinois
- Alaska
- Iraq
- Vietnam
- Manhattan
- Selma
- Arizona
- Iowa
- West Virginia
- Los Angeles
- Nashville
- San Francisco
- Kansas
- Boston
- Ohio
- Hawaii
- Baltimore
- Vermont
- Detroit
- Maine
- Wasilla
- Princeton
- New Jersey
- Jordan
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- Louisiana
- Montgomery
- Oklahoma
- Brooklyn
- Wellesley
- Columbia
- Europe
- Houston
- Pennsylvania
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gail Collins (Author)
Awards edit
- Ohioana Book Award (2010: Best Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.4097309045
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1945 - Present
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Women
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 21st Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
- Books › Gay & Lesbian › History
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