Word: sisterhoods
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...show's guests, a prominent feminist writer whose latest book I'd perused and brought along to be autographed. She glared at the furs and jewelry and heavy makeup I was wearing, asked my name as she took the book and, with pursed lips, scrawled. "To Maggie--in sisterhood," handing it back to me without so much as a glance or a thank you. Largely as a result of this disappointing encounter. I reasoned that there are two types of women who call themselves feminists: the ecumenical type, who believes in freedom of expression and the right of each woman...
...live-in headquarters, the women, representing about 20 organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Boston's Women Against Militarism, banned men from entering their camp and hung out decorated pillowcases on which political slogans were scrawled (I DREAM OF A UNITED SISTERHOOD). Some walked arm in arm around the camp, occasionally embracing...
...show's guests, a prominent feminist writer whose latest book I'd perused and brought along to be autographed. She glared at the furs and jewelry and heavy makeup I was wearing, asked my name as she took the book and, with pursed lips, scrawled, "To Maggie--in sisterhood," handing it back to me without so much as a glance or a thank you. Largely as a result of this disappointing encounter, I reasoned that there are two types of women who call themselves feminists: the ecumenical type, who believes in freedom of expression and the right of each woman...
...national focus." Assembling the group was no easy task, even though, as the search went on, Davis found 1,400 women who fitted the committee's criteria. Most successful candidates had risen to the top of their professions mainly on then-own, on talent and intelligence, without sisterhood coalitions or pushes from "old girl ties," or "networking," in the feminist jargon...
...earlier novels, Southern Discomfort is redolent of feminism. Most major characters are women, several of whom exhibit great strength and independence, although none are idealized. This offers acute timeless insights into the limits and opportunities available to women bound by traditional societies, revealing hidden heroism and behind-the-scenes sisterhood. Several of the men are appealing, but Brown does not focus on them. A few become three-dimensional and believable, such as Hercules father, sunk into passive resignation because of a harsh life. Brown avoids flat, stock figures, but her male characters are generally not as fully fleshed...