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Join our discussion! The journey of four women who took their lives into their own hands, and forever changed the country’s attitudes about marriage and divorce.
We will meet in person for a book discussion of "The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier" by April White.
Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.659.4343.
Copies of the book will be available starting July 5 at the Richfield Branch Library Circulation Desk.
If you would like more information, please e-mail Katherine Bengston at kbengston@akronlibrary.org, or call the Richfield Branch at 330.659.4343 for discussion details.
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"We Were There: The Third World Women's Alliance and the Second Wave" by Patricia Romney; foreword by Farah Ameen.
Book summary adapted from the author's website.
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