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The Good Girls Revolt
- How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
- By: Lynn Povich
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4 out of 5 stars 168
It was the 1960s - a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination. Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the “Swinging Sixties.” Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there as well. It was a top-notch job - for a girl - at an exciting place. But it was a dead end.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book read by Ms Robot.
- By careuther on 09-17-16
- The Good Girls Revolt
- How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
- By: Lynn Povich
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin
Unfortunately just ok
Reviewed: 02-09-17
I hoped for more from this book. It was a little too focused on names and dates and less on narrative. It was also a little too self congratulatory.
My biggest complaint was the narrator, however. She seemed to struggle to pronounce some last names of major characters. Most frustratingly, no one corrected her multiple mispronunciations of Barnard College. (It's "BAR-nard", not "ber-NARD".)
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All the Single Ladies
- Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
- By: Rebecca Traister
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Rebecca Traister - introduction
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 994
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 986
In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award finalist Rebecca Traister, "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" (Anne Lamott), traces the history of unmarried women in America who, through social, political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book, destroyed by narration
- By Theresa Holleran on 03-06-16
- All the Single Ladies
- Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
- By: Rebecca Traister
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Rebecca Traister - introduction
Worthwhile if you are a feminist
Reviewed: 03-23-16
If you are a feminist and left leaning, you will like this book. If you aren't, I suggest a different text.
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