The equivalents, a story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s, Maggie Doherty
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The equivalents, a story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s, Maggie Doherty
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-348) and index
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contains biographical information
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The equivalents
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bibliography
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1128885622
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Maggie Doherty
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a story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s
Summary
"An important debut work of narrative nonfiction: the timely, never-before-told story of five brilliant, passionate women who, in the early 1960s, converged at the newly founded Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, stepping outside the domestic sphere and shaping the course of feminism in ways that still resonate today. In 1960, at the height of an era that expected women to focus solely on raising families, Radcliffe College announced the founding of an Institute for Independent Study, offering fellowships to women with a PhD or "the equivalent" in artistic success. Acclaimed writer and Harvard lecturer Maggie Doherty introduces us to five brilliant friends--poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin, painter Barbara Swan, sculptor Mariana Pineda, and writer Tillie Olsen--who came together at the Institute and would go on to make history. Drawing from their notebooks, letters, lecture recordings, journals, and finished works, Doherty weaves from these women's own voices a moving narrative of friendship, ambition, activism, and art. Beautifully written and urgently told, The Equivalents shows us where we've been--and inspires us to go forward"--, Provided by publisher
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Story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s
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- Biographies
- Écrivaines
- Biography
- Friendships
- Poétesses
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intellectuelles -- États-Unis
- Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Féminisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study
- Femmes artistes -- États-Unis
- Amitié féminine -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Actualisation de soi chez la femme
- authors
- Homosociality
- Women authors
- Feminism
- Women intellectuals -- United States
- Women's friendships
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Women artists -- United States
- Women poets
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- Biographies
- Écrivaines
- Biography
- Friendships
- Poétesses
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intellectuelles -- États-Unis
- Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Féminisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study
- Femmes artistes -- États-Unis
- Amitié féminine -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Actualisation de soi chez la femme
- authors
- Homosociality
- Women authors
- Feminism
- Women intellectuals -- United States
- Women's friendships
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Women artists -- United States
- Women poets
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