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Why the "Marthas" in "Handmaid's Tale"?

Name: Why the "Marthas" in "Handmaid's Tale"?
Uploaded: 2019-09-08T08:00:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Description: Correspondent Martha Teichner has a question for author Margaret Atwood, whose classic novel "The Handmaid's Tale" features characters named Martha comprising a lower social class in the Republic of Gilead.

Correspondent Martha Teichner has a question for author Margaret Atwood, whose classic novel "The Handmaid's Tale" features characters named Martha comprising a lower social class in the Republic of Gilead.