The role of women's reading groups
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https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i1.542Keywords:
gender representation, Imposter syndrome, women, reading groupsAbstract
The women’s reading group has played different roles throughout history: as a vehicle for education and self-improvement; as a place to network and build social capital; as a political space in which to discuss feminism and reflect on female identity. In this think piece the author considers how a contemporary example of a women’s reading group at the University of the Highlands and Islands performs many of these historical functions.
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