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When Everything Changed

The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present

by Gail Collins
Christina Moore
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An enthralling blend of oral history and Gail Collins' keen research, this definitive look at 50 years of feminist progress shimmers with the amusing, down-to-earth liberal tone that is this New York Times columnist's trademark. "An engrossing account . deadly serious and great fun to read at the same time . sure to become required reading."-Kirkus Reviews

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    April 1, 2012

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      • ISBN: 9781456113247
      • File size: 433163 KB
      • Duration: 15:02:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Collins focuses on events that occurred in the U.S. in the 1960s and the cultural changes that followed, highlighting the changes in the political and cultural status of women over the past 50 years. She presents an objective review of facts, judicial decisions, and legislation, sprinkled liberally with anecdotes from behind the scenes. Christina Moore is an engaging narrator. She makes subtle use of accents in presenting excerpts of statements by activists, politicians, and others who were integral to the events recounted. Like the author, Moore does not try to color the facts but lets them speak for themselves. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 31, 2009
      You've come a long way, baby: that's Collins's conclusion about American women, who once lacked the right to publicly wear pants and now take their place on the presidential campaign trail and the battlefield. New York Times
      columnist Collins attempts a comprehensive account of the last 50 years of women's history in this sequel to America's Women,
      primarily focusing on the 1960s. Giving relatively short shrift to the current generation of young women, Collins centers the bulk of her attention on the baby boom generation (to which she belongs) and leaders like NOW founder Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, as well as dozens of ordinary struggling women. The book's stronger parts include highlighting pioneers like Congresswoman Martha Griffiths, who began her political career in the 1940s and stories of laughably shortsighted sexism against Sandra Day O'Connor. Collins captures the conundrums of feminism's success (does a see-through blouse make a woman liberated or a sex object?), but the book will probably resonate most for her generational peers. 16 pages of b&w photographs.

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