A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic

Divorce Broken relationships Relationships Marriage

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 5.

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Medium
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Time
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Citation

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Lucretia Mott
Source
Discourse on Woman
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Discourse on Woman." 17 Dec. 1849, Philadelphia's Assembly Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Lucretia Mott: Why Should Not Woman Seek to Be a Reformer?" Great Speeches by American Women, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2007.