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10. Check the Data: It’s a Man’s World

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Women in Iceland - The Long Friday

In the mid seventies, thousands of women in iceland came up with a plan to make their work a little less invisible. 19 75 had been declared by the u. N as a woman's year, and in iceland, women were determined to make it count. 90 % of icelandic women took part in the strike.

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