From the reviews:
""Women of Vision" blends biographical narrative with
psychological perspectives on human development, resulting in a
moving and passionate book that is suitable for both academic and
nonacademic readers. It is a useful tool for teaching purposes or
for simple, enjoyable, and informative reading."
--"Psychology of Women Quarterly"
..".a fascinating look of preservation and perceptiveness that
is differentiated from its predecessors in its range of disciplines
and emphasis...This new 'life course' approach to understanding
female leaders gives valuable insight into the lives of these
imminent women, furnishing insights into how the
social-economic-political milieu and the attitudes and values of
the time played a significant role in the lives of these women but
also in all our lives. "Women of Vision" will serve as a
springboard for exploration of how the psychologies of individual
human lives affect their life-course and as a galvanizing step for
many more future women of vision and leadership....The accounts in
the book should be of substantial significance for readers
interested in gender issues. However, the book will appeal to an
even wider audience. Persons hoping to move in new directions in
their own lives (e.g., women looking wistfully at new academic and
occupational paths after years in stereotypic niches) can surely
also find inspiration in the various accounts."
--SirReadaLot.org
We all know of women of great vision; women whose efforts and
accomplishments have had a major impact on the arts, politics,
women's rights, sports, or science. But often we may not understand
how they became such powerful agents of change and what sorts of
questions we should ask of their pasts to understand how the
trajectories of their lives were formed.
In this extraordinary textbook, leading experts cast new light
on the role of circumstance, accomplishments, and personality in
the development of various twentieth-century women of vision. This
is a brand new life-course approach to understanding female leaders
and gives valuable insight into the lives of such eminent women as
Rachel Carson, Evelyn Gentry Hooker, Georgia O'Keeffe, Eleanor
Roosevelt, "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, Ella Fitzgerald, Alice Paul,
Lucille Ball, and many others. Study questions and exercises at the
end of each chapter further enhance the text.
"Women of Vision" will serve as the springboard for exploration
of how the psychologies of individual human lives affect their
life-course and a galvanizing step for many more future women of
vision and leadership.
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