Ruthe Winegarten (1929–2004)
Autor(a) de Deep in the Heart: The Lives and Legends of Texas Jews : A Photographic History
About the Author
Obras por Ruthe Winegarten
Deep in the Heart: The Lives and Legends of Texas Jews : A Photographic History (1990) 19 exemplares
Texas women : a pictorial history. 1 exemplar
Texas women, a pictorial history. 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1929-08-26
- Data de falecimento
- 2004-06-14
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- País (no mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Causa da morte
- suicide
- Locais de residência
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Educação
- University of Texas, Austin (BA)
University of Texas, Arlington (MSW) - Ocupações
- southwest regional director, Anti-defamation league of B'nai B'rith,
assistant director, Dallas Jewish Welfare Federation i
Research Historian and Curator, Texas Women's History Project,
author - Organizações
- North Dallas Democratic Women's Club
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Fellow, Texas State Historical Association
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 67
- Popularidade
- #256,179
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 14
It reads essentially like a list, with many women getting only one or two sentences, but I kind of enjoyed that; it gives the impression that there's far too much to tell in detail, and just inundates you with brief stories of fantastic women. (This is also probably because it's a book adapted for younger readers, which is yet another thing I didn't notice when I picked it up.) We have Bessie Coleman, Mae Jemison, Phylicia Rashad, Vivian Ayers Allen and Debbie Allen (Rashad's mother and sister), Sheryl Swoopes, Sheila Jackson Lee, plus dozens of others — judges, teachers, athletes, artists, architects, engineers, professors, members of Congress — and then we have Barbara Jordan.
Another thing you can't tell up front is that Jordan forms the framework of this book. Every section, the preface and all eleven chapters, begins with a quote from one of her speeches. The final chapter focuses entirely on her, and then is followed by a timeline of her life. Having read this book, I can see that the authors' respect is well deserved, for Barbara Jordan as well as all the other women who broke new ground and paved the way for us to come behind them.… (mais)