Washington Monthly, April 1st, 1986
The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood. Houghton Mifflin, $16.95. Are gains in women's rights cumulative or cyclical? Much as one wants to believe in a slow, steady, dependable progression, the evidence makes it hard to be too confident. Women, after all, were doing pretty well with the vote, visibility, and a measure of "liberation' well into the Roaring Twenties, only to see that status crumble along with the economic fortunes of the country. They achieved what seemed like solid respect and independence along with men's jobs during World War II, only to disappear once the war was over into th...
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