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A HOUSE OF THEIR OWN.

Authors :
MacFARQUHAR, LARISSA
Source :
New Yorker. 8/19/2019, Vol. 95 Issue 23, p36-49. 14p. 2 Black and White Photographs, 6 Cartoon or Caricatures.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article explores the history and evolution of the Transition House, a women's shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts launched by Chris Womendez and Cherie Jimenez on New Year's Day 1976 to help battered women. Topics covered include experience of Womendez and Jimenez as battered wives, volunteers who have worked at the shelter and their activism and feminism, and how Transition House survived through the years by adapting to the challenges of the changing times.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0028792X
Volume :
95
Issue :
23
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Yorker
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
137982402