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Title: The Women Who Broke All the Rules: How the Choices of a Generation Changed Our Lives by Susan B. Evans, Joan P. Avis ISBN: 1-57071-428-2 Publisher: Sourcebooks Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: APPRECIATING THE WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US
Comment: REVIEW: The authors of WOMEN WHO BROKE ALL THE RULES illustrate the lives of women born during the baby boom era (1945-1955). A captivating story, read in a single sitting, about women who challenged existing social strictures by forging into professional fields previously closed to them. Most important for my generation to appreciate is the fact that they had to do so without the benefit of role models and mentors, which they now have become to those of us born in the 1960's. To hear how these ordinary yet exceptional women triumphed after immense struggles and conflicts they encountered in their lives, left me with a great sense of appreciation for what they went through personally, as well as,what they accomplished for women who have followed. This book should be required reading for both high schools and universities so that generations coming after the baby boom era can be reminded that the innumerable opportunities that exist today for women must not be taken for granted. Dr. Susan Evans and Dr. Joan Avis portray the lives of these women within the context of "Old Rules"--existing social constructs, and "New Truths"- the discoveries made when breaking the "Old Rules." This method perfectly illustrates the broad social impact of their individual acts of courage and their trail blazing spirits. The actions of these women literally forced society to think and act differently. I recommend and applaud this book and thank the women of the baby boom generation.
Rating: 5
Summary: A remarkable generation comes alive on all the pages!
Comment: The result of Evans and Avis's five-year collaboration is an extraordinary book, The Women who Broke all the Rules, containing stories based on ideas, motivations, and behaviors of 100 selected female representatives of the Torchbearer Generation (individuals born between 1945 and 1955). By utilizing an effective interview questionnaire, designed by the authors and provided in the Appendix, as well as by conducting extensive face-to-face interviews, Evans and Avis have accomplished a difficult task. They have successfully managed to combine four decades of thousands of childhood, adolescent, and adult memories into an enticing exploration of American social history.
Pleasantly surprising, these 100 Torchbearers are not easily recognized public figures, superstars, or celebrities. Instead, they may be readily distinguished as any one of our own trusted wives, older sisters, younger sisters, cousins, aunts, friends, and colleagues who have had to "reconcile their 1950s childhoods with their more liberated adult selves." Whether married, divorced, remarried, childless, with children, or invested in any other combination of personal realities, the self-made female heroes in this book are cleverly discussed within the concepts of "old rules" (e.g, "Your families' values, beliefs, and practices should be yours") or "new truths" (e.g., "Honor your traditions but act on what you think is right"). Understandable, engaging, and thought-provoking, this fine piece of work presents significant "choices" to think about and discuss with friends, lovers, or family members.
Rating: 5
Summary: DeBeauvoir and the torchbearers
Comment: Evans and Avis have started to reconstruct the last chapters of Simone DeBeauvoir's book "The Second Sex." When I first read DeBeauvoir's book in 1973 I was dazzled by her essays, particularly 'Situation and Character' and the 'Formative Years.' Still, I recall being disappointed by the chapter on the 'Independent Woman.' It puzzled me that she didn't seem to have much to say that was new, fresh or interesting, and I was hungry for that examination. Perhaps too, my American sensibility expected a kind of formula on how to proceed. In retrospect, I have reconciled that women had neither succeeded nor failed on a public stage long enough for DeBeauvoir to have invoked a deeper analysis. This book makes an important contribution in beginning to record and analyze stories from this transitional group that the authors so accurately call the torchbearer generation. I think other readers would enjoy this book as much as I did.
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Title: Women of Spirit: Stories of Courage from the Women Who Lived Them by Katherine Martin ISBN: 1577311493 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them by Katherine Martin ISBN: 1577310934 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: What's Next?: Women Redefining Their Dreams in the Prime of Life by Rena Pederson, R. Lee Smith ISBN: 0399526781 Publisher: Perigee Books Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor by Gail McMeekin ISBN: 1573241415 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion by Dawna Markova ISBN: 1573241016 Publisher: Conari Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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