"In your day there was no career for women except in the unnatural rivalry with men. We have given them a world of their own, with its emulations, ambitions, and careers, and I assure you they are very happy with it"

                                - a dubious paradise in
                                  Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward

"I said there was more than one way of living with your head in the sand and that if Moira thought she could create Utopia by shutting herself up in a women-only enclave she was sadly mistaken."

                                - searching for alternatives in 
                                  Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale

The Center is located at Ohio University, but is composed of ideas and influences from around the world. If you have any good sites of utopian literature or ideas for the construction of this page, drop me a line at [email protected]! Most importantly, if you'd like to contribute to this page, let me know. I will be glad to link to your document and provide an abstract for readers of this page.

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