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Voices from Mutira: Change in the Lives of Rural Gikuyu Women, 1910-1995 » (2nd Edition)

Authors: Jean Davison
ISBN-13: 9781555876029, ISBN-10: 1555876021
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: 2nd Edition

	Preface to the Second Edition
	Biographical Time Line
1	Introduction: Change in Mutira Women's Lives	1
2	Kenya and the Gikuyu: Social and Historical Contexts	23
3	Wanjiku: The Life of a Traditional Woman	51
4	Wamutira: The First Wife	75
5	Watoro's Story: Poverty Is Like Dust	109
6	Wangeci's Story: A Widow Among Women	129
7	Wanoi: The Many Facets of a Midwife	161
8	Nyambura: Child of Independence	193
9	Wanja: Forward-Looking Woman	213
10	The Life Histories in Retrospect	229
	Appendix	255
	Glossary	259
	References	263
	About the Book	271