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Reading in groups: Women’s clubs and college literature classes

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    Jane Missner Barstow (Professor of English)

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Barstow, J.M. Reading in groups: Women’s clubs and college literature classes. Pub Res Q 18, 3–17 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-003-0010-x

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