The equivalents : a story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
700.9252 Doh
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700.9252 Doh
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-348) and index.
Description
"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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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Women artists -- United States.
Women authors.
Women intellectuals -- United States.
Women poets.
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Women artists -- United States.
Women authors.
Women intellectuals -- United States.
Women poets.