Impassioned civil rights activist, champion of women's rights, hard-driving legislator -- U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is known in Washington as the "Warrior on the Hill." Fire in My Soul is the story of Norton's extraordinary political career, told from a personal perspective. Author Joan Steinau Lester met Norton in 1958 while they were both students at Antioch College. Fire in My Soul charts their longstanding friendship and tells of Norton's rise to leadership -- from her early on-campus activism to demanding a Senate hearing for Anita Hill to standing before the Supreme Court to uphold first amendment rights. Filled with scores of Lester's conversations and correspondence with Norton, interviews with Norton's colleagues and confidantes, and dozens of original photographs, Fire in My Soul is a compelling biography of one of the greatest political pioneers in American history.
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An authorized portrait of the U.S. congresswoman and civil rights crusader traces her more than forty-year career, from her early challenges as a young black woman struggling to enter the political arena, to her efforts against the Senate and Supreme Court on such issues as sexual harassment and fre
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The Washington Post [A]n engaging narrative of the life and times of a remarkable individual.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780743407885
Publisert
2004-01-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Atria Books
Vekt
420 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Biographical note

Joan Steinau Lester, Ed.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of four critically acclaimed books. Her writing has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Essence, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Northern California.