Rebecca Greer
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Rebecca Ellen Greer is an American
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 nonfiction writer
Writer
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 and also served as an editor for Woman's Day
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magazine.

Biography

Rebecca Greer majored in communications at the University of Florida
University of Florida
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. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
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 in 1957. In 1998, she was named a distinguished alumna of the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. The University of Florida maintains a collection of her manuscripts in their Special and Area Studies Library.

Her non-fiction book Why Isn't a Nice Girl Like You Married? (1969) was a bestseller and seminal book on feminism
Feminism
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. She taught nonfiction writing at the New School for Social Research.

Published books

  • Why Isn't a Nice Girl Like You Married? (1969)
  • How To Live Rich When You're Not (1975)
  • No Rocking Chair For Me (2004)

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