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Autore: | Raber J. O. |
Titolo: | Famous, but no children / / J.O. Raber |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.87 |
Soggetto topico: | Childfree choice |
Men | |
Women | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction; Author's note; Chapter 1. To Bear or Not to Bear: That is the Question; Chapter 2. Don't They Like Children?; The Ann Landers Survey; If You Had It To Do Over Again-Would You Have Children?; Chapter 3. Questions and Answers; Chapter 4. The Procreation - I.Q. Connection; Chapter 5. Child-free and the Professions; Actors/Actresses:; Adventurers (explorers, daring risk takers) who did not sire/bear children:; Architects who did not sire/bear children:; Artists who did not sire/bear children:; Cartoonists who did not sire/bear children |
Champion Athletes who did not sire/bear children:Comedians who did not sire/bear children:; Dancers/Choreographers who did not sire/bear children:; Fashion Designers who did not sire/bear children:; Film makers/directors who did not sire/bear children:; Food-related personalities who did not sire/bear children:; Founders who did not sire/bear children:; Historians who did not sire/bear children:; Inventors who did not sire/bear children:; Journalists, news reporters, editors who did not sire/bear children:; Judges who did not sire/bear children:; Lyricists who did not sire/bear children: | |
Mathematicians who did not sire/bear children:Music, classical musicians who did not sire/bear children:; Music, composers who did not sire/bear children:; Music, conductors who did not sire/bear children:; Music, opera singers who did not sire/bear children:; Music: Popular singers/musicians who did not sire/bear children:; Nobel Prize winners who did not sire/bear children:; Notable educators who did not sire/bear children:; Philanthropists who did not sire/bear children:; Philosophers who did not sire/bear children:; Pioneering physicians who did not sire/bear children: | |
Political and world leaders who did not sire/bear children:Scientists who did not sire/bear children:; Social reformers who did not sire/bear children:; Talk show hosts who did not sire/bear children:; Writers who did not sire/bear children:; Miscellaneous categories of notable people who did not sire/bear children:; Centenarians/Super centenarians who did not bear/sire children:; Chapter 6. The Famous Child-Free: Their Reasons for Not Having Children; Reasons famous people have chosen not to have children:; Chapter 7. Moral Considerations for Not Having Children | |
Chapter 8. A Right Not to Be BornChapter 9. World Karma; Appendix; Table 1: Famous Women Who Didn't Have Children; Table 2: Famous Men Who Didn't Have Children; _GoBack; Bibliography; Books; Biographical Collections; Reference Books; Online Rsources | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Do you have a right NOT to have children? Do we have a right NOT to be born? Choosing to remain 'child-free' or 'childless' is something that sparks various reactions - but not everyone has actually given it deep thought. The names and viewpoints discussed in this book may spur some thinking among those considering becoming parents, feminists, ecologists, the religious right, and the child-free community. The Internet is full of lists of people who are reported as not having had children; some of these lists contain errors. Here, the author has added dates and places of birth and death, to aid |
Titolo autorizzato: | Famous, but no children |
ISBN: | 1-62894-044-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910792276203321 |
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