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Autobiographies, Diaries, and Journals by Women (Women’s Issues (Ready Reference series))

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Besides capturing first-hand accounts of historical events and social issues, autobiographies, diaries, and journals provide an invaluable means of recording women’s individual viewpoints and their lives, work, thoughts, and dreams. In addition, these self-writings offer an outlet for women to oppose gender restrictions and challenge patriarchal society. Twentieth century writer Anaïs Nin, whose diary encompassed her entire literary career, believed that writing a diary helped “to make the...

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