None of you ask for anything-except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

On men.

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Anna Wulf

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

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Topic
Black freedom struggle
Speaker
Malcolm X
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Why are women…so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic
Men and women

Author

Virginia Woolf
Source
A Room of One's Own
Medium
Essay
Genre
Feminist literature
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 2.