The Woman Reader
Author: Belinda Jack
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 9780300120455
ASIN: B00871VXJ6
Though this book is dense reading, it’s also a treasure trove of information – reflecting how women readers also tended to also be the first woman writers, but following the progression of how reading made its way to the masses. There were women writers I knew about, as well as some I did not, plus a lot of information is gleaned about women later on wealthy enough to be patrons of the arts and well-read though not writers. The book ends focusing more on censorship and the threat it poses to all readers, not just women, though an emphasis is placed on women. This book offers a lot to think about a reminder that the gift of reading does not come free for anyone, regardless of gender, and that literacy is not to be taken for granted.
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