Vagina: A New Biography

by Naomi Wolf

Grateful acknowledgment is made to reprint the following lyrics: “Press My Button,” words and music by Lil Johnson. Copyright © 1941 by Universal Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation. “Don’t You Make Me High,” words and music by Louisa Barker, Daniel Barker, and J Mayo Williams. Copyright © 1938 by Universal Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation. “I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl,” words and music by Clarence Williams, J. Tim Byrmn, and Dally Small. Copyright © 1932 by Universal Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation. “If You See My Rooster,” words and music by Minnie McCoy. Copyright © 1933 Universal Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.

  The names and identifying characteristics of some of the individuals featured throughout this book have been changed to protect their privacy. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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