Marilyn French writes that even a disaster can turn into an adventure if we choose. She argues that men often dominate women through control and violence, and she wants a world where equality replaces that power. Her words also call for making each day count and keeping hope alive.
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Marilyn French was a novelist from the United States, best known for The Women's Room.
Quick Facts About Marilyn French
Born
November 21, 1929
Died
May 2, 2009
Nationality
United States
Profession
Novelist
Notable works
The Women's Room
About Marilyn French
Marilyn French was an American radical feminist author, most widely known for her second book and first novel, the 1977 work The Women's Room.
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![“But we all die, and all death is violent, the overthrowing of the state of life, so why did that year [1968]seem so terrible? Are King or Kennedy or some peasant folk in a village more important than the starved-out of Biafra, the names on the Detroit homicide list? Maybe I'm playing an…” quote by Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/marilyn-french-8026_bad-idea_but-we-all-die-and-all-death-is-violent_793609.png)
