Gail Collins
Books by Gail Collins
When Everything Changed
The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
by Gail Collins
- Hardcover, 471 pages
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Books
At 50, Does 'Feminine Mystique' Still Roar?
by Lynn Neary
In 1963 Betty Friedan published a groundbreaking work that empowered a generation of women. With World War II over, women who had been working were told to find fulfillment at home. "The moment was so pregnant and ready for an explosion," says New York Times columnist Gail Collins.
Best Books Of 2009
Fit To Print: Top Five Current Affairs Books Of 2009
by Steve Weinberg
If these books prove anything, it's that the legacy of nonfiction storytelling is still very much alive. Steve Weinberg's picks reflect the depth and diversity of the 2009 current affairs library, ranging from investigations of the role of women in America to a look at what it means to sit supreme on the highest court in the U.S.
Interviews
Author: Economic Changes Opened Doors For Women
In When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, author Gail Collins chronicles the transformation of women in society. Many of today's career advances were created by market forces, she says.
Book Reviews
Women's Lib, From Bedroom To Boardroom
by Glenn C. Altschuler
In When Everything Changed, Gail Collins outlines the way the women's liberation movement transformed of the lives of women in the United States. Reviewer Glenn Altschuler says Collins takes on topics from the Pill to Sarah Palin.
Excerpts: Best Books 2009
Excerpt: 'When Everything Changed'
by Gail Collins
Gail Collins traces the transformation of the lives of American women over the last five decades.
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