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Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind

Anne-Louise Brookes, Mary Field Belenky, Blythe McVicker Clinchy, Nancy Goldberger, Jill Mattuck Tarule

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The authors of this provocative book pursue the disturbing question Why are so many women reluctant to speak up for what they think? in candid interviews with 135 women, rich and poor, young and old, well-educated and unschooled.

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The authors of this provocative book pursue the disturbing question Why are so many women reluctant to speak up for what they think? in candid interviews with 135 women, rich and poor, young and old, well-educated and unschooled.

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The authors of this provocative book pursue the disturbing question Why are so many women reluctant to speak up for what they think? in candid interviews with 135 women, rich and poor, young and old, well-educated and unschooled.

Key concepts: Psychology, Sociology, Aesthetics, Art

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