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|title=Women of the Revolution: Forty Years of Feminism

|author=Kira Cochrane (editor)

|borrow=Yes

|isbn= 978-0852652275

|pages=416

|publisher=Guardian Books

|date=March 2012

|website=https://twitter.com/#!/kiracochrane

|summary=A story of a slow revolution, without being revolutionary itself. Though hardcore feminists might find it a bit tame, Kira Cochrane's collection of essays and articles is suitable for most readers (male or female, confirmed feminist or otherwise).

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Some revolutions happen faster than others, and the revolution in society's thinking about women is certainly one of the more gradual ones. Kira Cochrane, Women's Editor at the ''Guardian'' from 2006 – 2010, has collected together the best articles and essays from that paper's women's section since 1971. The result, ''Women of the Revolution: Forty Years of Feminism'', is a lively account of the more recent women's liberation movement in the UK and of the issues facing women in a modern, late twentieth/early twenty-first century society.

The revolution to place women on an equal footing with men began before the scope of this book, and will continue long after it is published. But Cochrane's collection of articles is a compelling and lively account of forty years of that constant but gradual fight. In the future, they may well come to be regarded as the most significant decades of the struggle, decades in which women tipped the balance in their favour. For now, ''Women of the Revolution'' is highly recommended reading, even with its Western, liberal bias – regardless of whether you think of yourself as a feminist."

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