| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Robin Romm -- Ebenezer laughs back: confessions of a workaholic / Pam Houston -- What came next / Theresa Rebeck -- On impractical urges / Ayana Mathis -- Girl with knife / Camas Davis -- Reply all / Robin Romm -- Nature and nurture / Marcia Chatelain -- Crying in the bathroom / Erika L. Sánchez -- Both / Yael Chatav Schonbrun -- No happy harmony / Elizabeth Corey -- Leaning in, leaning out / Allison Barrett Carter -- The price of black ambition / Roxane Gay -- Escape velocity / Claire Vaye Watkins -- Single lead / Blair Braverman -- The Chang girls / Lan Samantha Chang -- Goal your own way / Evany Thomas -- Astronauts / Nadia P. Manzoor -- The snarling girl: notes on ambition / Elisa Albert -- Ambitchin' / Julie Holland -- Original sin / Francine Prose -- Know your place / Molly Ringwald -- Ambition: the Cliffie notes / Joan Leegant -- Doubly denied / Christina Henríquez -- Becoming meta / Hawa Allan -- Letters to my mother and daughters on ambition / Sarah Ruhl. |
| Summary |
"Presents an exploration of why today's feminists still dissociate themselves from healthy ambition, sharing the views of such contributors as Ayana Mathis, Molly Ringwald, and Roxane Gay to illuminate why ambition remains a taboo in gender equality." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ambition.
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Women -- Identity.
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Women in the professions.
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Feminism.
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| Add'l Names |
Romm, Robin, editor.
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| Other title |
Women on ambition |
| ISBN |
9781631491214
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1631491210
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