<DIV><p>Analyzing feudalism in Europe and Japan and European expropriation of lands and peoples across the globe, Marilyn French poses a provocative question: how and why did women, with no power or independence, nourish and preserve the family unit and their own culture?</p><p><b>Marilyn French</b>&rsquo;s <i>The Women&rsquo;s Room</i> crystallized the issues that ignited the women&rsquo;s movement and was translated into twenty languages. She received her PhD from Harvard and taught English at Hofstra University, Harvard University, and Holy Cross College.</p><p>Internationally acclaimed author and critic <b>Margaret Atwood</b> is the author of numerous works of fiction, including <i>The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale</i> and <i>The Blind Assassin</i>.</p></DIV>