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"Women from a variety of backgrounds define courage and at least one time in their lives when they had to display it. The stories of 41 women fill this book, from the famous (actresses Sharon Gless and Michele Lee, writer Isabel Allende, Sarah Weddington, who argued Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court), to women you have never heard of. Their experiences run from leading an expedition to the South Pole, to facing down armed guerillas in Cambodia, to assisting or having an abortion. Several ran for government office; a poor, black, and disabled woman founded a sewing center for others like herself; women helped their stricken parent or child to die. The stories are deeply moving and inspiring."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting for social change
- women fighting for rights
- abortion
Gender/Class story?
- woman's story
Family, ill
Yes
Who?
- Father
because he/she is
- physically ill
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- physical disability/sickness
- general search for meaning
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Southeast Asia
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- South Pole
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- in awe
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
- justice system
- wicked men
- dying
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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