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Summary Context for Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

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This document provides historical context relating to the content of Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. This allows students to reference real life events in essays (specifically for A Level students).

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Context in The Handmaid’s Tale

-​ Ronald Reagan in the 1980s
-​ Second Wave Feminism
-​ Rachel and Leah Story
-​ Atomic Fears
-​ Ceausescu’s Romanian Birth Rate
-​ US Response to Falling Birth Rate
-​ Moral Majority




Ronald Reagan in the 1980s

●​ During the writing of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, Ronald Reagan was in office in the USA.
●​ He endorsed a return to traditional values and the nuclear family.
○​ He opposed abortion
○​ He opposed equal rights, as this would disadvantage housewives

Second Wave Feminism
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Margaret Atwood, Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
Publisher: Unknown ISBN: 9781784871444 Edition: 1

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