With Courage and Common Sense : Memoirs from the Older Women's Legacy Circles (1ST)

With Courage and Common Sense : Memoirs from the Older Women's Legacy Circles (1ST)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 204 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780292705494
  • DDC分類 B

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'Much of the time our society stereotypes and dismisses old women as ridiculous, troublesome, irrelevant, and (worst of all) boring. These memoirs contradict the assumptions. The women who wrote them have experienced solid, hearty lives, with a characteristic vitality enduring into old age' - from the Foreword by Liz Carpenter. Women 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.

Contents

Foreword by Liz CarpenterAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One. Identity: I Am Not Always the Same PersonDaughter Gayle HuntA Woman Named Billie Billie Grace HerringMy Mother's Daughter Katherine KoonceMy Father's Daughter Jo ScudderA Story about Who I Am Ruby JohnstonAll the Things I Am Williene StoryI Am Not Always the Same Person Marilyn ZimmermanGoing to School Oma GillisA European Youth Erika EdenGirls Just Didn't Go to College Gayle HuntA Lover of Back Roads Martha KniesGifts That I Chose for Myself Selah RoseChapter Two. Home: I Was Born in East TexasI Was Born in East Texas ... Helen G. BurtonHow My Mother Got Her Washing Machine Janie KirkpatrickKeeping House for My Mother Betty MartinCourage and Little Else Helen IbbotsonChores, Chores, Endless Chores Mary Lou MorgetteA Lesson for Young Brides Oleta CatesHorses, Friends, and Cleaning Out the Stalls Sarah McKinneyAunt Hattie's House Janice WilkinsFinding Home Grace B. SchmittChapter Three. Work: Making Something That LastedMaking Something That Lasted Kathryn DoggettGod Had Given Me a Brain Gayle HuntMaking My Own Way Erma HiltpoldClerking in My Dad's General Store Pat Simmons"I'm Doing the Best I Can" Patricia GunderlachDistrict 23, Speedway School Rose VrbaSouthern Belle: A Full-Time Job Marthanne LuzaderA Fitting Job Mathilda MimunCattle Drive Erin Colleen MooreThe Autoclave Lavern CrawfordMy Navy Career Joan H. CrewsAn Office in the Courthouse Margaret C. LongThings Began to Change Faye L. KellyMy Silver Star Billie Grace HerringJust an Old Hooker Lois EarleyGranny's Biscuits Sue KinneyChapter Four. Family: Grandmother and the PiratesGrandmother and the Pirates Eula Rae McCownMy Father and the Value of Money Bonnie KnippNanoo Carole BurkeGrandma Maggie Helman Joann BynumMy Mother and the Pigeons Martha KniesAn Unexpected Meeting Patricia LyonWilliam and the Outhouse Martha BrianMy Brother Ray Kathryn DoggettAminta Amparo GonzalezWe All Loved Each Other Bertie W. WrightLillian Francys ShliffRosy Ruby Varnon BishopChapter Five. Love: 'Til We Meet Again'Til We Meet Again Sherlie HurwitzLove Letters Nadeane Walker AndersonThose Golden Days at Graceland Katherine KoonceHow My Life Changed Amparo GonzalezTo Do As I Pleased Minnie Ree BaccusA Keepsake Penny, and Love Refound Eula Rae McCown"Hey, Maud Farkle ..." Paula Stephens-BishopDo You Believe in Fate? Evelyn Simon"I Will Promise You a Rose Garden" Val Jean SchmidtChapter Six. Loss: The Strength to SurviveThe Lost Shoes Alice M. ShortThe Day My Childhood Died Ruby Varnon BishopWhen Daddy Died Ruby A. TaylorThe Strength to Survive Sarah LichtmanTeddy Jean WyllysChanging Places Joyce A. DehlinRenee Irene LuedkeThe Day Grandma Died Sidna Leavenworth"I Should Have Cried" Lucy A. BoyeaLosing Martha Bobbye Jo BarkerWhen I Think of Grace ... Jeanie ForsythChapter Seven. Living Fully: I Still Had My Two DollarsDecoration Day, Fairy Tales, and the Ice Cream Wagon Oma GillisI Still Had My Two Dollars Marji SmithBaseball Fever Jane R. PeppardThe Best Christmas Mary G. WarrenInside a Prism Ruby Varnon BishopMy Bonneville Convertible Pauline CareyKyky the Elephant Margaret F. ShiveOutward Bound Jeanie ForsythThe Happiest Day of My Life Erma HiltpoldThe Day My Daughter Walked Mary HolderI Felt like a Queen Lorene B. LairdA Summer with Granny Rylee Pat WilliamsonChapter Eight. Witness: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary EventsRemembering War Mathilda MimunHolocaust Survivor Sarah Lichtman"Where Is Pearl Harbor?" Lavern CrawfordDecember 7, 1941 Jean LeonardHow Would I Measure Up under Fire? Eileen C. TitusRommel's Hannibal Connection Janine M. KochNot a Dry Eye in the House Patricia J. ClickWhen the Americans Came Jean WyllysThe Day Roosevelt Died Bobbye Jo BarkerAn Army Wife in Postwar Germany Faye L. KellyAn Ordinary Day: An Extraordinary Event Wanda HeathTerror: The Day MLK Died Louise KentWhen the Russians Invaded Czechoslovakia Dolores R. MuhichFour Joyful Days Agatha BarbayChapter Nine. Legacies: "I Wish You Could Have Known My Grandma"Family Books, Family Treasures Helen BurnetteThe Tapestry Bobbye Jo BarkerMy Grandmother's Dress Joyce A. DehlinMy Mother's Ring Mathilda MimunMy Keepsake Quilt Mary Lou MorgetteThe Legacy of the Two Lauras Sue KinneyMama's Writings Irene LuedkeThe Other Side of Fifty Betty Poe HowardA Letter to a Young Person Marthanne Luzader"I Wish You Could Have Known My Grandma" Evelyn SimonBiographical NotesAbout Story Circle Network