How did these young women on the cusp of social change redefine themselves, without role models, to meet a new age of opportunity for women?
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Making It Up “deserves top billing in any library strong in women’s issues, American women’s history, and memoirs.”
Overall, Making It Up is a must-read for anyone interested in women’s history and for those who enjoy heartfelt memoirs that are also well-penned inspirational works.
McPhee smoothly weaves the personal and political lives of her accomplished classmates with that of the norms and happenings at Vassar circa 1965. She presents them as individuals while hitting simultaneously on their commonalities.
Whether you were alive in the sixties or want to know more about the second wave of feminism in the United States, you should read this book. It will refresh your belief in your personal power.
About the Author
Selby McPhee was a staff writer and editor at schools, universities, and other educational institutions including Tufts University and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), where she was marketing vice president. A freelance writer, McPhee has published articles in a variety of print and online publications.
McPhee’s first book, Love Crazy, (Martin Sisters Publishing, 2013) was inspired by a box of letters marked “Personal letters of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fleming,” with the
admonition “to be destroyed unopened,” in her parents’ house.
McPhee lives with her husband in Potomac, Maryland.
Visit her at https://www.selbyflemingmcphee.com/
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