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In Print
By Nancy M. Neuman, Editor
Jossev-Bass; 1998
1998 marked the 150lh anniversary
o f the first W o m en ’s R ights
Convention in Seneca Falls, New
(The ^Jortbuxb Observer
Focus
M a rc h 15, 2000
True To Ourselves
integrity. Each has been confronted
w ith ch o ices th a t te ste d her
principles and ethics and finally, in
h er ow n w ay, each
discovered the meaningof
being true to herself.
True To Ourselvesis a
celebration o f passionate, heroic
women who represent the expanding
power and influence o f women in
A m erican public life. In this
dynamic collection, twenty-two
e x tra o rd in a ry le a d e rs share
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inspiring personal stories that reflect
the universal desire to effect change
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York, in 1848. To coincide with
this anniversary, the League o f
W omen V oters sponsored the
publication o f a remarkable book
by, and about, American women-
True To Ourselves: A Celebration
o f Women Making a Difference. A
unique collection o f essays written
by 22 A m erican w om en from
diverse backgrounds, this book
provides an exceptional portrait of
th e im m en se in flu e n c e and
expanding pow er o f women in
public life during the second half of
the twentieth century.
From the enormously influential
New York Congresswoman Bella
Abzug who died two years ago, to
the first woman to reach the North
and South Poles, Ann Bancroft, to
the tenacious Oregon governor,
Barbara Roberts - the women in
True To Ourselves tell stories of
real people w hose dream s and
disappointments will be recognized
by a wide range o f readers.
Each essay illustrates the book’s
central theme: that women are truly
m easured by their d ay-to-day
commitment to something larger
than themselves.
Each contributor has experienced a
merging o f her public and private
life in the cause o f protecting those
things she values most: her family,
her community, her country and her
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