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Mayaluna
Mar 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Powerful, inspiring and global! It is definitely one of the most important books I've ever read. The dynamic Pulitzer prize-winning couple, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, have tackled the many issues of gender inequality head-on, providing statistics and personal stories through exquisitely readable investigative journalism. Each chapter is personal success story and testament to how much can be done with so little. It was a real pager turner that I gobbled up in a few sittings. The referen ...more
Bonnie Zahn
Mar 30, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Superb book for sensitizing folks to the world-wide conditions in which women live, and the possibilities for changing them.
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I felt conflicted by the language at times, but overall I think it's a very important book. ...more
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