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BKLYN Women's History Month: feminist classics

March is Women's History Month, and we're featuring books written by women. This list includes some of the most influential feminists texts. Also check out our list of fiction, poetry, and memoir by women throughout history: https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/list/share/605271467_bklyncorinab/866590917_womens_history_month_women_writers_throughout_history

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A room of one's own
Virginia Woolf ; foreword by Mary Gordon.
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Ain't I a woman
bell hooks.
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This bridge called my back
edited by Cherrâie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldâua.
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The feminine mystique
Betty Friedan ; [introduction by Gail Collins ; afterword by Anna Quindlen].
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Excluded
Julia Serano.
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Backlash
Susan Faludi.
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All the women are white, all the black are men, but some of us are brave
edited by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell Scott & Barbara Smith ; with a new afterword by Brittney Cooper.
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The second sex
Simone de Beauvoir ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Judith Thurman.
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