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Marilyn French, born on November 21, 1929 and died on May 2, 2009, was a prominent American author known for her feminist perspective in her works. Her writings focused on the status of women in society, family, and sexuality, with notable works including 'The Feminine Mystique'.

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“Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.”

Ifs Self House Fear Treasure Self Knowledge Fears Of Life Discovering Self

Author:Marilyn French

“There's power to: and everyone should have that, but everyone doesn't. Power to play Bach, or tennis, or boccie if you like. And there's power over; and no one should have that, but people do.”

People Ifs Should Play Power Should Have Tennis

Book:The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

Source: The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

“In a great gasp, puts her head in her hands again and cries as if her throat were a cave, as if the howling winds came from her belly, she cries like a storm that will never end.”

Ifs Ends Hands Cry Wind Storm Throat Caves Belly Howling Wind

Book:Her Mother's Daughter: A Novel

Source: Her Mother's Daughter: A Novel

“It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies?”

Ifs Success Passion Energy Women Expression Empowering

Book:The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

Source: The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

“If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Feminism has to do with everything in the world, a vision of how the world can be. I have great doubts about Utopias, but I just keep on thinking there is a better way to live than the way we live now.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Believe Humans Today Asks I Believe Human Beings Vision Doubt Feminism Equal Authority I Believe In Ask Me Utopia Better Ways Way To Live

Author:Marilyn French

About the Author

Born: November 21, 1929
Died: May 2, 2009
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Quotes: 97

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From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World, Vol. 1Related source material

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The Women of Marilyn French: Her Mother's Daughter, Our Father, and The Bleeding HeartRelated source material

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A Season in Hell: A MemoirRelated source material

Dagboek van een slavinRelated source material

From Eve to Dawn, A History of Women in the World: Revolutions and Struggles for Justice in the 20th CenturyRelated source material

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