LEADER 04002nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910821637403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79655-2 024 7 $a10.7560/705494 035 $a(CKB)1000000000461883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272832 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206598 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272832 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10309155 035 $a(PQKB)11557613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571671 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571671 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172729 035 $a(OCoLC)301142186 035 $a(DE-B1597)586639 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796553 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000461883 100 $a20021226d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWith courage and common sense $ememoirs from the Older Women's Legacy Circles /$fedited and with introductions by Susan Wittig Albert and Dayna Finet ; foreword by Liz Carpenter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2003 215 $axvii, 204 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70549-2 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter one Identity I Am Not Always the Same Person -- $tChapter two Home I Was Born in East Texas -- $tChapter three Work Making Something That Lasted -- $tChapter four Family Grandmother and the Pirates -- $tChapter five Love 'Til We Meet Again -- $tChapter six Loss The Strength to Survive -- $tChapter seven Living Fully I Still Had My Two Dollars -- $tChapter eight Witness Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Events -- $tChapter nine Legacies "I Wish You Could Have Known My Grandma" -- $tBiographical Notes -- $tAbout the Story Circle Network 330 $aWomen who were sixty or older at the turn of the twenty-first century have lived through some of recent history's most momentous moments-and yet these women often believe that their personal lives and stories are insignificant, not worthy of being recorded for future generations. To change that perception and capture some of these life stories before they are lost, the Story Circle Network, a national organization dedicated to helping women write about their lives, developed the Older Women's Legacy (OWL) Circle Memoir Workshops. During the first two years of the project (1998-2000), nearly 500 older women participated in workshops that offered them the opportunity and encouragement to reflect on and create written records of their lives. With Courage and Common Sense presents an extensive selection of memoirs from the OWL Circle project. Organized thematically, they describe women's experiences of identity, place, work, family life, love and marriage, loss and healing, adventures great and small, major historical events, and legacies to keep and pass along. Taken as a whole, the memoirs chronicle far-reaching changes in the ways that women participated in the world during the twentieth century. They show how women learned to surmount obstacles, to courageously make the most of the opportunities that came their way, and to move quietly and wisely beyond the limits that were imposed upon them. 606 $aOlder women$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aAutobiographies$zTexas 606 $aBiography$y20th century 606 $aBiography as a literary form 607 $aTexas$vBiography 615 0$aOlder women 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aAutobiographies 615 0$aBiography 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 676 $a976.4/06/0922 676 $aB 701 $aAlbert$b Susan Wittig$01697960 701 $aFinet$b Dayna$f1956-$01697961 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821637403321 996 $aWith courage and common sense$94079056 997 $aUNINA