Women of vision [[electronic resource] ] : their psychology, circumstances, and success / / editors, Eileen A. Gavin, Aphrodite Clamar, and Mary Anne Siderits

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784387103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY, : Springer Pub., 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-82342-9; 9786610823420; 0-8261-0110-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GavinEileen A; ClamarAphrodite J; SideritsMary Anne
• Disciplina: 920.720973; B
• Soggetti: Women - United States; Feminism - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Women Whose Lives Spanned Two Centuries; CH1. Dancing Women's Freedom: The Story of Isadora Duncan; CH2. Anne Sullivan Macy and Helen Adams Keller: Expressing ""Vision"" With Fluttering Fingers; CH3. Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth: The Woman Who ""Had It All""; CH4. Alice Paul: Constitutional Amendment Mover and ERA Author; CH5. Georgia O'Keeffe: American Modernist; CH6. Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Change, Life of Service; CH7 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: The Evolution of an Extraordinary Leader; Part II. Women Who Matured During the ""Roaring Twenties""CH8 Rachel Carson: The Strength of Wonder; CH9 "Be-Going": The Story of Dorothy Day; CH10 Sister Annette Walters's Unfinished Dream: "To Make the Universe a Home"; CH11 Evelyn Gentry Hooker: The "Hopelessly Heterosexual" Psychologist Who Normalized Homosexuality; CH12 Athlete of the Century: "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias; CH13 Lucille Ball: Visions of Trauma, Crisis, and Comedy; CH14 Grace Brewster Murray ; Hopper: A Woman Who Dared and Did; Part III. Women Who Became Adults in the 1940's; CH15 Ella Fitzgerald: The Singer's Singer; CH16 Shirley Chisholm: A Catalyst for Change CH17 The Case of the Purloined Picture: Rosalind Franklin and the Keystone of the Double Helix; Part IV. A Second Look at Our Women of Vision; CH18 A Second Look at Our Women of Vision; Appendix: Study Questions and Activities for Chapters 1 to 17; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Talks about the role of circumstance, accomplishments, and personality in the development of various twentieth-century women of vision. This book helps in understanding female leaders and gives insight into the lives of such imminent women as: Isadora Duncan; Georgia O'Keefe; Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Alice Paul; Ella Fitzgerald; and others.