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	'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women. Not exactly a "feminist" novel.		'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women. Not exactly a "feminist" novel.

			==Blurb==
			: A female Prime Minister ... human stud farms run by women ... mass rallies at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the day of the dominating women ... all this and more a take-over bid of the Seventies that turns to high-heeled fascism, a dictatorship of unbridled power lust.

			: A female elite has taken over England. Led by their 'mother', the sleek Diana Druce, they perform an economic miracle - and put the jackboot through the idea that women are the weaker sex.

			: Author Pamela Kettle paints, in mercilessly naked detail, a picture of the near future that is not only possible, but probable...<ref>from 1970 New English Library edition; copied originally from [http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/day_of_the_women.html TrashFiction].</ref>

	==Notes (and spoilers) ==		==Notes (and spoilers) ==
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	* ? : Leslie Frewin, Great Britain		* ? : Leslie Frewin, Great Britain
	* 1970: New English Library, London (176 pp.)		* 1970: New English Library, London (176 pp.)

			==Notes==
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			[[Image:Kettle-DayOfTheWomen-NewEngLib1970.jpg\|thumb\|right\|125px\|"Britain in the seventies — swept into revolution by women" . Cover from 1970 New English Library edition.]]

	'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women. Not exactly a "feminist" novel.		'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women. Not exactly a "feminist" novel.

	==~~The plot~~==		==Notes (and spoilers) ==
	A feminist movement takes over England, and other women's movements take over other parts of the world.		A feminist movement takes over England, and other women's movements take over other parts of the world.

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	: "I'm sure that the whole concept of equality between the sexes is wrong. It is a man's purpose in life to master his environment. Woman's function is to people it. The biological roles are utterly dissimilar. Don't you see? Man is required to be strong and sure of himself - woman to be gentle and pliant in the wake of his progress."		: "I'm sure that the whole concept of equality between the sexes is wrong. It is a man's purpose in life to master his environment. Woman's function is to people it. The biological roles are utterly dissimilar. Don't you see? Man is required to be strong and sure of himself - woman to be gentle and pliant in the wake of his progress."

	The female leader of the feminist movement, Diana, hates men and is portrayed as a ball-buster; very strong & capable, and attractive, but also prone to megalomania, insanity, and superstition. And, ultimately, fascism.		The female leader of the feminist movement, [[Diana Druce]], hates men and is portrayed as a ball-buster; very strong & capable, and attractive, but also prone to megalomania, insanity, and superstition. And, ultimately, fascism.

	Ties between women are also fraught with suspicion and distrust.		Ties between women are also fraught with suspicion and distrust.
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	Mother-daughter relationships never seem particular good in this book, and in fact one mother is betrayed by her daughter -- so Kettle's dedication of the book to her daughter is interesting:		Mother-daughter relationships never seem particular good in this book, and in fact one mother is betrayed by her daughter -- so Kettle's dedication of the book to her daughter is interesting:
	: "For my daughter, Danae -- one of tomorrow's women."		: "For my daughter, Danae -- one of tomorrow's women."

			==Reviews & commentary==
			* [http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/day_of_the_women.html TrashyFiction]

			==Editions==
			* 1969
			* ? : Leslie Frewin, Great Britain
			* 1970: New English Library, London (176 pp.)

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	'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women.		'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women. Not exactly a "feminist" novel.

	==The plot==		==The plot==

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'''The Day of the Women''' is a 1969 novel by [[Pamela Kettle]]. It critically features a power takeover by women.

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[[Category:Novels]]
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