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Uncommon Women, and Others (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

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Uncommon Women, and Others traces the choices and frustrations of a group of young women attending an exclusive women's college in the early 1970's, a time of social change in which the traditional family expectations for young women were giving way to new possibilities. The women are confused by the options open to them after graduation. The play depends less on plot than on character groupings. The characters form a spectrum of women, with Susie on one end of the spectrum and Carter on the other. Susie is a cheerleader and organizer who, without reflecting on life, bounces...

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