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Contents Acknowledgments 00 Introduction. "Take, for Example...": A Brief Retrospect on Women, Theatre, and Prizes 00 Prologue. Family Ties-A Troublesome Knot? 00 Part I. Family Lies and the Unwed Woman: Gale, Glaspell, and Akins 00 1. The 1920s: Those Not-So-Good Old Days 00 2. Zona Gale and the Real Village Tale 00 3. Susan Glaspell: From Iowa Village to Greenwich Village 00 4. The Depression Years: Gaining Despite the Losses 00 5. Zoe Akins, Escape Artist 00 Part II. Domestic Wars: Chase and Frings 000 6. The 1940s: Women in a World at War 000 7. Mary Chase and Her Wartime Rabbit 000 8. The 1950s: An Uncomfortable Homecoming 000 9. Ketti Frings and Her Stageworthy Angel 000 Part III. Whose Woman Is She? Henley, Norman, and Wasserstein 000 10. Being Female in the 1950s, '60s and '70s 000 11. Beth Henley's Funny-Terrible World View 000 12. The 1980s: Backlash and Beyond 000 13. Marsha Norman: Getting Out the Truth about Family and Self 000 14. Wendy Wasserstein: Lola's Well-Rounded Daughter 000 Part IV. Lessons Driven Home: Vogel and Edson 000 15. The 1990s: Gender Crisis at the Crossroads (Or, Wrong Turn at the Men's Movement) 000 16. Paula Vogel's Winding Road to Victory 000 17. Margaret Edson's Advanced Course in Wit 000 Part V. History in the Staging? Suzan-Lori Parks and the Sisterhood of Black Playwrights 000 18. The Early 2000s: "Bang, Bang-You're American" 000 19. Suzan-Lori Parks: Putting Dirt and Deadly Games Onstage 000 20. "Also in the Winner's Circle" (The Legacy of Black Women Playwrights) 000 Epilogue: Parting Thoughts on Family Flux and Cultural Flummery 000 Chapter Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
American drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women dramatists, American -- Biography.
Pulitzer Prizes.