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A probing account of the honored place of older women in ancient matriarchal societies restores to contemporary women an energizing symbol of self-value, power, and respect.
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Barbara G. Walker
Barbara G. Walker, author of The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, and many other books, is a member of the Morris Museum Mineralogical Society and the Trailside Mineral Club of the New Jersey Earth Science Association.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not so good, a bit of a tirade. When you are given this title I guess it is not so very surprising that you get a tirade in the grumpy old woman vein, and that is probably what those who are getting this are looking for, after all. However, nothing much standing out in this publication, in general.