WOMEN'S WORK AND WORDS ALTERING WORLD ORDER
Alternatives to Spin and Inhumanity of Men
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The leader of the free world needs a woman head of state-but a particular woman-with the intellect and presence of mind to ponder action with an eye on the future; a human-centeredness capable of respecting difference and envisioning peaceful cooperation and coexistence with and among nations; a woman unconcerned with showing how tough she is, or how religious she is, or how fashion-setting her wardrobe.
Many of the names and the stories you'll read in Women's Work and Words will be unfamiliar-Rachel Corrie, Anna Politkovskaya, Claudette Colvin, and Wangari Maathai. Others-such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alice Walker, Shirley Chisholm, and Madonna-have reached deep into the human consciousness.
All of these women share a spiritual bond. They struggle. They struggle for peace, justice, and a better world. Each has had the courage to challenge the politics of spin and the inhumanity of men and to work for change. Through this stunning medley of profiles, author Carolyn LaDelle Bennett argues that war and conflicts worldwide will end only when human-centered, independent voices-unbought and unbossed-take the helm of governments and political decision-making.
Adapted from Bennett's news and current affairs columns, this book illuminates true and deeply thoughtful voices on the critical issues of our time.
About the Author
After attending the historic National Women?s Conference held in Houston, Texas, November 18 to 21, 1977, Dr. Carolyn LaDelle Bennett founded a newspaper, the Network of North Carolina Women, and began publishing stories featuring women?s voices and achievements. She served in the early years of the U.S. Peace Corps and has been writing news and current affairs columns for alternative weeklies and magazines for more than twenty years. She is the author of Missing News and Views in Paranoid Times, Talking Back to Today?s News, and America?s Human Connection. Bennett is a nonpartisan, independent journalist and former journalism professor and currently lives in New York State.