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- ↑ Unger, Arthur (September 10, 1980). "A controversial feminist drama that defeats its own purpose". The Christian Science Monitor .
- ↑ Dresser, Norman (1980-09-16). "'Women's Room' A Political Message". Toledo Blade .
- ↑ Faludi, Susan (1991). Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women . New York: Anchor Books. pp. 149. ISBN 0-385-42507-4.
- ↑ "The Women's Room: TV Preview: Wrathful Melodrama on the Evils that Men Do Whining Made-for TV Melodrama" by Tom Shales, The Washington Post , September 13, 1980
- ↑ "TV View: 'The Women's Room'--Devastatingly on Target" by John J. O'Connor, The New York Times , September 14, 1980
