"Let me tell you what I've learned": Texas Wisewomen Speak
by Pierce, PJ
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0292765940
- ISBN 13
- 9780292765948
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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Near Fine. 2002. Trade Paperback. 316 pages. Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series, Book Four. Barbara Jordan spoke for many Texas women when she told a reporter, "I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit." Indeed, the sense of limitless possibilities has inspired countless Texas women--sometimes in the face of daunting obstacles--to build lives rich in work, family, friends, faith, and community involvement. In this collection of interviews conducted by PJ Pierce, twenty-five Texas women ranging in age from 53 to 93 share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives. Responding to the question "What have you found that really matters about life?" they offer keen insights into motherhood, career challenges, being a minority, marriage and widowhood, anger, assertiveness, managing change, persevering, power, speaking out, fashioning success from failure, writing your own job description, loving a younger man, and recognizing opportunities disguised as disaster--to name only a few of their topics. In her introduction, Pierce describes how she came to write the book and how she chose her subjects to represent a cross-section of career paths and ethnic groups and all geographic areas of Texas. A topical index makes it easy to compare several women's views on a given subject. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- "Let me tell you what I've learned": Texas Wisewomen Speak
- Author
- Pierce, PJ
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0292765940
- ISBN 13
- 9780292765948
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- SOCIAL SCIENCE, WOMEN'S STUDIES, HISTORY, UNITED STATES, STATE LOCAL, SOUTHWEST (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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