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The Motherhood Manifesto

What America's Moms Want--And What to Do About It

By Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

The Motherhood Manifesto is a call to arms for working moms and a blueprint for radical change in the attitudes and policies that define parenting and work in the United States.

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Black Women's Lives

Stories of Power and Pain

By Kristal Brent Zook

This book offers poignant accounts of the lives of African-American women, illuminating their diverse social roles and personal destinies.

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Nothing Sacred

Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror

By Betsy Reed and Katha Pollitt

Long before the White House took notice of the Taliban's brutal treatment of Afghan women, feminists were sounding an alarm about the rise of religious fundamentalism throughout the world and its deadly consequences for women. Yet women's voices have been conspicuously absent from the debate over the new war on terror. Nothing Sacred breaks this silence.

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Woman's Inhumanity to Woman


By Phyllis Chesler

We are all familiar with the phrase "man's inhumanity to man." Until now, a profound silence has prevailed about woman's inhumanity to woman. This groundbreaking, lucid book breaks that silence.

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True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devastation of Iraq
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