in the footsteps of remarkable women
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lieberman, Janet
- Creator
- Hungar, Julie
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 1M 2009 - B
- Thesaurus
- dagelijks leven, gezinnen, loopbanen, tweede wereldoorlog, vrouwenbewegingen, betaalde arbeid, seksualiteit
- Description
- This book follows the life trajectories of women, now in their seventies and eighties, who share a set of qualities that produced their successful lives. The women whose voices are captured in this book look back with perspective on the crises and opportunities, the decisions and accidents that marked their varied paths.From the heyday of Good Housekeeping - the era of the silent majority - to World War II, when the absence of men at home set a new measure of independence for women, through the sexual revolution and the civil rights and women's movements, these women have accumulated powerful stories that address the essential facets of women's lives: family, work, and love. Personal courage enabled them to leap into risky personal career decisions and face down bias at home and in the workplace. All of them displayed the love and care to form and nourish deeply satisfying relationships.