false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675902m/305826.jpg 305826 9 Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own—as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother—but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of universal importance. 296823 1976 Of Woman Born: Motherhood As Experience and Institution total:177|5:1|4:3|3:2|2:0|1:0| 177 733 309 21 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 26 15:55:07 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 16:01:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Apr 09 14:51:16 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 22:10:27 -0700 2007
1. "Partiarchy is the power of the fathers: a familial-social, ideological, political system in which men - by force, direct pressur...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 08 10:35:53 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 18:10:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 10:35:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Jun 20 13:14:11 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 15 19:44:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:16:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 10:45:31 -0700 2008
The first few chapters focused on the inherently speculative history of ancient societies...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 00:32:59 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:40:38 -0700 2008
"The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities."

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