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Elaine Elinson

Elaine Elinson is the former communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and prize-winning coauthor of “Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists,… Read more

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TD originals Book Review

The Secret Sisterhood

by Elaine Elinson on Jan 05, 2018

"A conspiracy of silence has obscured the friendships of female authors," asserts a new book, because these creative alliances were seen as "subversive or a source of shame."

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The Link Between Violence and Female Incarceration

by Elaine Elinson on Sep 13, 2017

The prevalence of physical abuse may be the most open secret behind the growing number of women who end up behind bars.

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Elaine Elinson is the former communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and prize-winning coauthor of “Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California.”