Uncommon Women and Others
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Uncommon Women and Others is a 1977 play by Wendy Wasserstein that follows a group of female college friends reflecting on their lives, ambitions, and identities in the early 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uncommon Women and Others canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uncommon Women and Others Context triple: [Wendy Wasserstein, notableWork, Uncommon Women and Others]
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A.
Difficult Women
Difficult Women is a short story collection by Roxane Gay that explores the lives, traumas, and resilience of complex, flawed, and multifaceted women.
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B.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other is a 2019 novel by Bernardine Evaristo that interweaves the lives of twelve mostly Black British women across generations to explore identity, race, gender, and contemporary Britain.
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C.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uncommon Women and Others Target entity description: Uncommon Women and Others is a 1977 play by Wendy Wasserstein that follows a group of female college friends reflecting on their lives, ambitions, and identities in the early 1970s.
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A.
Difficult Women
Difficult Women is a short story collection by Roxane Gay that explores the lives, traumas, and resilience of complex, flawed, and multifaceted women.
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B.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other is a 2019 novel by Bernardine Evaristo that interweaves the lives of twelve mostly Black British women across generations to explore identity, race, gender, and contemporary Britain.
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C.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Wendy Wasserstein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Wendy Wasserstein ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | memory play ⓘ |
| firstProducedAt | Phoenix Theatre ⓘ |
| firstProducedInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| firstProducedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstProductionYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| follows | a group of female college friends ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ feminist theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
college-educated women
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young professionals ⓘ |
| hasDramatist | Wendy Wasserstein ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
career versus family
ⓘ
conflict between personal fulfillment and social expectations ⓘ female solidarity ⓘ gender roles ⓘ search for identity ⓘ transition from college to adulthood ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Uncommon Women and Others ⓘ |
| historicalContext | second-wave feminism in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | flashback ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of second-wave feminist themes on stage
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portrayal of educated young women in the early 1970s ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American feminist theatre canon ⓘ |
| periodDepicted | post–second-wave feminism era ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Mount Holyoke College
ⓘ
a women's college in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1970s ⓘ |
| structure | ensemble piece ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ambition
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female friendship ⓘ feminism ⓘ identity ⓘ women's lives ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1972–1973 ⓘ |
| workPeriodOfAuthor | late 20th century American theatre ⓘ |
| writer | Wendy Wasserstein ⓘ |
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