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From: julianne@lacrosse.EBay.Sun.COM (Julianne Coleman)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: great books?
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Date: 2 Mar 90 22:21:16 GMT
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This is my first posting.  Nice intro statement they
have to try to keep you from sending out trash.  Apparently
not enough people are scared by the cost and send trash
anyway.

I have recently started reading great classics and more
recent great books by amazing women writers.  I have 
realized that I completely missed out on this in school.

I realize that this is a very general kind of request, but
could some of you out there make some suggestions about
authors or books of feminist writing?  I am more interested
in fiction (more fun to read) but will take anything.

As a point of reference: The Handmaids Tale, another book
that has menwim and wim (forgot the title) were great.  I have
picked up Alcott, Austen, Wharton (not that they are feminists,
but they fit the women classic writers category).  Walker, Zora
Neal Hurston (?) also great.

The thing is with these books that it is inspiring to read classics
written by women, especially after realizing that all that I read
in college and most of what I read in high school was written exclusively
by white men (not that they don't have value).
It is also empowering to read stories
where women are treated with respect and honor and not depicted
as they so often are today.

But my list is fairly short now and I need a new source of ideas, 
could you help me out?

ps:  Why is this group so quiet?

Julianne 

Julianne Coleman   Julianne@ebay.sun.com   
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