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Acknowledgments Many people helped make this project possible. I am especially grateful to Char- lene Spretnak who helped launch the project by introducing me to potential con- tributors. It was through Charlene that I met Miriam Robbins Dexter, to whom I will be forever grateful she has selflessly mentored, encouraged, and supported me through the entire production. Many contributors dedicated time and effort to review and sometimes edit my work, including Carol P. Christ, Miranda Shaw, Miriam Robbins Dexter, Lynn Gottlieb, Kathrine Clark Walter, Arisika Razak, Kathryn LaFevers Evans Three Eagles, Riane Eisler, Amanda Haste, and Rachel York-Bridgers. Harald Haarmann compiled the timeline. Joan Marler provided additional support. Numerous others, too many to be listed here, also contributed to the completion of this work. I am deeply grateful to each of them. I wish to remember my teachers at Ventura College and my professors at the University of California Santa Barbara (especially John P. Sullivan) and the Uni- versity of Southern California (Sheila Briggs and Robert Ellwood). My education also came through life lessons, conversations, and the support of fellow students, colleagues, and fellow writers, with special thanks to Karen Harrison, Amada Irma Perez, Ruth Handy, and Mar Preston. I have also learned from the many conversa- tions I have had over the years with Astrid Potter. For their support and encouragement, I am grateful to friends, family, and col- leagues. Foremost among these is my partner, Frank Manning, who generously provided material support without which this project would not have been possi- ble. Thank you, my love.