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what is it?
a book club for people who want to read about women
why is it called bluestockings?
the Blue Stocking Circle was a group of educated, intellectual women and men which met and flourished in London in the latter part of the 18th century. One of the members, a Mr.
Stillingfleet, was too poor to afford evening wear and wore his everyday blue stockings.
--from The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature
when is it?
Thursday
May 15, 7 pm
Thursday
June 26, 7 pm
Thursday
July 17, 7 pm
Thursday September 18, 7 pm
Thursday October 16, 7 pm
Thursday
November 20, 7 pm
2009
Thursday
January 15, 7 pm
Thursday
February 19, 7 pm
Thursday
April 16, 7 pm
Thursday
May 15, 7 pm
where is it?
Barnes & Noble Denton (in the mall)
who is invited?
anyone who wants to read and discuss books about women
how do I find out more?
call 940.565.2098 or email wmst@unt.edu
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May 15, 2008
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
By Lisa See
Reminiscent of Pavilion
of Women, the Pearl Buck novel
we read a couple of years ago, Snow Flower and the Secret
Fan is set in China and is
replete with foot-binding and the powerlessness of women in
marriage there. It is touted as a poignant and suspenseful
historical chronicle.
June 26, 2008
NOTE: Not our usual night!
An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos,
Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas,
By Diane Wilson
The reviewer from
Publisher's Weekly says, "With her discovery that her 'piddlin'
little county on the Gulf Coast' let the nation in toxic
emissions, shrimper Wilson, mother of
five, found herself embarking on a voyage of discovery and
activism that would strain her marriage and stretch her
horizons." Wilson ultimately became embroiled in a class David
(Diane?) versus Goliath battle. According to Mollie Ivins, this
book "is the rare, clear voice of a working-class woman goaded
into action against the greatest massed forces in the world
today: globalized corporate greed backed by government power."
Ivins attributed Wilson's success to a trait Ivins said Wilson
shares with many other women: "pure, cussed stubbornness." AND
-- how many of you remember when Wilson herself was signing her
books at Barnes & Noble one night when the Bluestockings met?
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