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9780740722202

Believing in Ourselves : A Celebration of Women

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  • ISBN13:

    9780740722202

  • ISBN10:

    0740722204

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-07
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Summary

Believing in Ourselves is a book of beautiful photos and compelling essays profiling 35 women who have succeeded in achieving extraordinary personal goals or overcoming significant hardships in their lives. The women profiled are a diverse group, and the details of their success stories vary widely. Yet the stories all share the same fascinating plot twist: Even when faced with major obstacles along the way, each woman made a choice to become the person she wanted to be. These are stories of women who refused to allow their fates to be dictated to them."Womanhood is something you claim and seize, not something you grow into. It's about seizing the opportunity to realize your potential, striving to be the best, and making sacrifices," says Claudia Edwards, executive director of a Fortune 500 foundation, whose high school economics teacher had correctly predicted she'd be "pushing a baby carriage six months after graduation." Stories like Claudia's sound a clarion call for women to triumph over their own challenging times and to fulfill their own visions of themselves. This remarkable book will inspire women of all walks of life. Believing in Ourselves is a book of beautiful photos and compelling essays profiling 35 women who have succeeded in achieving extraordinary personal goals or overcoming significant hardships in their lives. The women profiled are a diverse group, and the details of their success stories vary widely. Yet the stories all share the same fascinating plot twist: Even when faced with major obstacles along the way, each woman made a choice to become the person she wanted to be. These are stories of women who refused to allow their fates to be dictated to them."Womanhood is something you claim and seize, not something you grow into. It's about seizing the opportunity to realize your potential, striving to be the best, and making sacrifices," says Claudia Edwards, executive director of a Fortune 500 foundation, whose high school economics teacher had correctly predicted she'd be "pushing a baby carriage six months after graduation." Stories like Claudia's sound a clarion call for women to triumph over their own challenging times and to fulfill their own visions of themselves. This remarkable book will inspire women of all walks of life.

Author Biography

Nancy Carson is a freelance writer specializing in memoirs and the personal essay. She is a frequent contributor to Take Care!, a publication of the National Family Caregivers Association, and lives in Alexandria, Va. Jennifer Jones lives in Tucson, Ariz. Her photos have appeared in In Style and Tucson Lifestyle magazines

Table of Contents

Preface 7(2)
Note from the Photographer 9(1)
Note from the Editor 10(2)
Claudia Edwards
12(4)
Susan Edwards-Bell
16(4)
Lily Heynen Withrow
20(4)
Sonia Sotomayor
24(4)
Beth Bakke Stenehjem
28(4)
Barbara Cochens
32(2)
Mary-Lisa Orth
34(4)
Ann Steiner
38(4)
Antonia Novello
42(4)
Lily Jaffee
46(4)
Karen Lundgren
50(4)
Judi Sheppard Missett
54(4)
Frances Price
58(4)
Nancy Huynh
62(2)
Pamela O'Brien
64(4)
Joan Brock
68(4)
Paulette Braun
72(4)
Tiffani Davis
76(4)
Tori Norman
80(4)
Marty Evans
84(4)
Elizabeth Eichelbaum
88(4)
Neale Godfrey
92(4)
Wilma Huggett
96(2)
Deidre Scherer
98(4)
Sinthea Brown
102(4)
Danica Anderson
106(4)
Nancy Schafer
110(4)
Bobbie Kinkead
114(2)
Deborah Lans
116(4)
Kalister Green-Byrd
120(4)
Diane Shader Smith
124(4)
Charlotte Black Elk
128(4)
Darlene Jackson-Hanson
132(4)
Louise Serpa
136(4)
Jane Hines
140

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