Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 59
The forest is more easily managed if it is large and the trees should be planted
close together so they will grow straight and tall to reach the light . ( There should
be one central stenographic pool to render service for the entire office instead of
...
The forest is more easily managed if it is large and the trees should be planted
close together so they will grow straight and tall to reach the light . ( There should
be one central stenographic pool to render service for the entire office instead of
...
Page 156
Where the women are not close . Where the women keep themselves at a
distance . Where the temptation to speak becomes large and the fear of speaking
larger . Where all her words are dressed . And the mother teaches her daughter
how ...
Where the women are not close . Where the women keep themselves at a
distance . Where the temptation to speak becomes large and the fear of speaking
larger . Where all her words are dressed . And the mother teaches her daughter
how ...
Page 159
Space seemed to close in on us . We thought we could not move forward . We
had to shed our clothes . We had to leave all we brought with us . And when
finally we moved through this narrow opening , our feet reached for ledges ,
under was ...
Space seemed to close in on us . We thought we could not move forward . We
had to shed our clothes . We had to leave all we brought with us . And when
finally we moved through this narrow opening , our feet reached for ledges ,
under was ...
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Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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