It's Good to Be a Woman:Stories from Bryn Mawr Class of '62 [Paperback]

Alison Baker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: PublishingWorks (March 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933002336
• ISBN-13: 978-1933002330
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,294,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Approach to the 60's, February 5, 2009

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Frank Miles "Dark Roast Coffee Addict" (Arkansaw) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Good to Be a Woman:Stories from Bryn Mawr Class of '62 (Paperback)

Alison Baker has written a book that tells us both about the major cultural and political events of the 60's (and beyond) and about the lives of a random selection of Bryn Mawr graduates who lived through them. Her keen observations left me feeling I knew these women and better understood how their lives were shaped by the yeastiest decade of the century. This very well written book held my interest from first to last.

5.0 out of 5 stars an inspirational book for young women, March 31, 2008

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L. Randolph "L. E. Eicher" (Lincoln NE) - See all my reviews
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This inspiring book focuses on the lives of Bryn Mawr graduates who were formed by 1950s mores but are confronted in the 1960s with new opportunities for women. I want my daughters to read these biographies to better understand no path is ever straight, and even very successful women have had to struggle to find their way.

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down, May 20, 2007

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Faith Williams - See all my reviews
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I couldn't put this book down, because these interesting women are in my generation, and the book is full of reminders of how much our lives have changed. Baker has gone back to find articles from student newspapers in the early '60's, and has interviewed in depth a number of women from the class in science, law, journalism, teaching, scholarship, and the arts. As a Radcliffe graduate, I was interested in the Bryn Mawr perspective; a classmate says of us, "You were really learning how to be a second-class citizen."