A Way With Women

Author : Stephanie Convington
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781636340753

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A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps by Stephanie Convington Pdf

This guide to the Twelve Steps from Dr. Stephanie S. Covington, a pioneer in the field of women’s issues, addiction, and recovery, preserves the spirit of the Alcoholics Anonymous program with a focus on healing language with women’s needs in mind. Published in 1994, A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps has long been a unique resource that helps women find their own paths in recovery—paths shaped by the way women experience not only addiction and recovery, but also relationships, self, sexuality, spirituality, and everyday life. Now, stories from five new voices expand the perspective of this recovery classic. Over the past thirty years, what it means to identify as a woman in recovery has broadened to include transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-diverse people. This new edition includes updated, inclusive language to be more trauma-sensitive and welcoming to all women. This compilation of diverse voices and wisdom from real people illuminates how women understand the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and offers inspiring stories of how they travel through the Steps and discover what works for them. The book can be used alone or as a companion to AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. By identifying and addressing the special issues that recovery presents for women, this book empowers women to take ownership of their own journeys and to grow and flourish in recovery.

Author : Julie A. Soloway,Emma Costante
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0433487119

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Leading the Way by Julie A. Soloway,Emma Costante Pdf

Author : Esther Harding
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780834830431

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The Way of All Women by Esther Harding Pdf

Acclaimed as one of the best works available on feminine psychology from the time it first appeared in 1933, The Way of All Women discusses topics such as work, marriage, motherhood, old age, and women's relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Dr. Harding, who was best known for her work with women and families, stresses the need for a woman to work toward her own wholeness and develop the many sides of her nature, and emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes.

Author : Robin Jarvis Brownlie,Valerie J. Korinek
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887554230

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Finding a Way to the Heart by Robin Jarvis Brownlie,Valerie J. Korinek Pdf

When Sylvia Van Kirk published her groundbreaking book, Many Tender Ties, in 1980, she revolutionized the historical understanding of the North American fur trade and introduced entirely new areas of inquiry in women’s, social, and Aboriginal history. Finding a Way to the Heart examines race, gender, identity, and colonization from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century, and illustrates Van Kirk’s extensive influence on a generation of feminist scholarship.

Author : Janet Howell,Theresa Howell
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536223415

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Leading the Way: Women in Power by Janet Howell,Theresa Howell Pdf

In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire readers to make a difference. Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to Congress; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress; Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court; and Bella Abzug, who famously declared, “This woman’s place is in the House . . . the House of Representatives!” This engaging and wide-ranging collection of biographies highlights the actions, struggles, and accomplishments of more than fifty of the most influential leaders in American political history — leaders who have stood up, blazed trails, and led the way.

Author : Cynthia Cockburn
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501722585

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In the Way of Women by Cynthia Cockburn Pdf

How are men responding to feminism? In particular, at work dealing with the challenge to their power and privilege represented by positive action for sex equality? The 1980s saw many organizations, from major companies to left-wing local councils, take action to improve women's chances. The research on which this book is based evaluates the part of men in the equality process. The author demonstrates the social mechanisms through which women's aspirations for change are thwarted and draws lessons from experience for feminist activism in organizations in the 1990s.

Author : Jule McBride
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460371145

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A Way With Women by Jule McBride Pdf

No less than five would-be-brides show up in town after seeing Macon's ad for a wife in Texas Men magazine. Five too many, as far as Harper Moody is concerned. The efficient postmistress has already secretly sent discouraging replies to all the other applicants! And now as payback, Macon is insisting Harper host all the women for a week while he makes his choice. Fat chance! She and Macon shared more than a past—and she's determined to lasso this sexy single cowboy herself.

Author : Cassie Chambers
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984818935

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Hill Women by Cassie Chambers Pdf

After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “Poverty is enmeshed with pride in these stories of survival.”—Associated Press Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is one of the poorest counties in both Kentucky and the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up in these hollers and, through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Despite her poverty, she wouldn’t hesitate to give the last bite of pie or vegetables from her garden to a struggling neighbor. Her two daughters took very different paths: strong-willed Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while spirited Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school, then moved an hour away for college. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish school. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated her from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County, both while Wilma was in college and after. With her “hill women” values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers uses these women’s stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.

Author : Sylvia Brinton Perera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UOM:39015004687482

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Descent to the Goddess by Sylvia Brinton Perera Pdf

Pioneer study of the need for an inner female authority in a masculine-oriented society. Interprets the journey into the underworld of Inanna-Ishtar, Goddess of Heaven and Earth, to see Ereshkigal, her dark sister. So must modern women descend into the depths of themselves. Rich in insights.

Author : Allen Carr
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781784287337

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The Easy Way for Women to Lose Weight by Allen Carr Pdf

READ THE EASY WAY FOR WOMEN TO LOSE WEIGHT AND BE THE WEIGHT YOU WANT TO BE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Are you unhappy with the weight you are? In The Easy Way for Women to Lose Weight, Allen Carr addresses the difficulties that women face in trying to lose weight. Diets don't work and just lead to a feeling of deprivation, which can cause food disorders like binge-eating. By explaining why you feel the need to eat junk food and, with simple step-by-step instructions to set you free from this addiction, Carr shows you how to eat for a healthier, happier life. What people say about Allen Carr's Easyway method: "The Allen Carr program was nothing short of a miracle." Anjelica Huston "It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from my addiction." Sir Anthony Hopkins "His skill is in removing the psychological dependence." The Sunday Times

Author : Deborah Tannen
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101885819

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You're the Only One I Can Tell by Deborah Tannen Pdf

This warm, wise exploration of female friendship from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don’t Understand will help women lean into these powerful relationships. A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK • “Celebrates friendship in its frustrations and its rewards and, above all, its wonderful complexity.”—The Atlantic Best friend, old friend, good friend, bff, college roommate, neighbor, workplace confidante: Women’s friendships are a lifeline in times of trouble and a support system for daily life. A friend can be like a sister, daughter, mother, mentor, therapist, or confessor—or she can be all of these at once. She’s seen you at your worst and celebrates you at your best. Figuring out what it means to be friends is, in the end, no less than figuring out how we connect to other people. In this illuminating and validating new book, #1 New York Times bestselling author Deborah Tannen deconstructs the ways women friends talk and how those ways can bring friends closer or pull them apart. From casual chatting to intimate confiding, from talking about problems to telling what you had for dinner, Tannen uncovers the patterns of communication and miscommunication that affect friendships at different points in our lives. She shows how even the best of friends—with the best intentions—can say the wrong thing, and how words can repair the damage done by words. Through Tannen’s signature insight, humor, and ability to present pitch-perfect real-life dialogue, readers will see themselves and their friendships on every page. The book explains • the power of women friends who show empathy, give advice—or just listen • how women use talk to connect to friends—and to subtly compete • how “Fear of Being Left Out” and “Fear of Getting Kicked Out” can haunt women’s friendships • how social media is reshaping communication and relationships Drawing on interviews with eighty women of diverse backgrounds, ranging in age from nine to ninety-seven, You’re the Only One I Can Tell gets to the heart of women’s friendships—how they work or fail, how they help or hurt, and how we can make them better. “At a time when the messages we give and get have so many more ways to be misconstrued and potentially damaging, a book that takes apart our language becomes almost vital to our survival as friends.”—The Washington Post

Author : Kim Vogel Sawyer
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525653721

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The Librarian of Boone's Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer Pdf

A traveling librarian ventures into the mining towns of Kentucky on horseback—and learns to trust the One who truly pens her story—in this powerful novel from the best-selling author of A Silken Thread. During the Great Depression, city-dweller Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist and offering readers the escape that books had given her during her tragic childhood. When her father loses his job, she is forced to take the only employment she can find—delivering books on horseback to poor coal-mining families in the hills of Kentucky. But turning a new page will be nearly impossible in Boone's Hollow, where residents are steeped in superstitions and deeply suspicious of outsiders. Even local Emmett Tharp feels the sting of rejection after returning to the tiny mountain hamlet as the first in his family to graduate college. And as the crippled economy leaves many men jobless, he fears his degree won’t be worth much in a place where most men either work the coal mine or run moonshine. As Addie also struggles to find her place, she’ll unearth the truth about a decades-old rivalry. But when someone sets out to sabotage the town’s library program, will the culprit chase Addie away or straight into the arms of the only person who can help her put a broken community back together?

Author : Tamsin Blanchard
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Design
ISBN : 178627485X

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100 Women - 100 Styles by Tamsin Blanchard Pdf

Muses of attitude, brains, and confidence come together in this glossy compendium of the female icons who use their personal style and influence to change the way we look and dress. From the obvious to the outrageous, Frida Kahlo to Cara Delevingne, 100 Women • 100 Styles profiles the personalities of each woman, showing what made them who they are, and how they can inspire you.

Author : Sallie Tisdale
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061980169

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Women of the Way by Sallie Tisdale Pdf

In this groundbreaking work, Sallie Tisdale traces women Buddhist masters and teachers across continents and centuries, drawing upon historical, cultural, and Buddhist records to bring to life these narratives of ancestral Buddhist women.

Author : Karenna Gore Schiff
Publisher : Miramax Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1401360157

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Lighting the Way by Karenna Gore Schiff Pdf

Karenna Gore Schiff's nationally bestselling narrative tells the fascinating stories of nine influential women, who each in her own way, tackled inequity and advocated change throughout the turbulent twentieth century. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who was born a slave and fought against lynching; Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who organized coal miners and campaigned against child labor; Alice Hamilton, who pushed for regulation of industrial toxins; Frances Perkins, who developed key New Deal legislation; Virginia Durr, who fought the poll tax and segregation; Septima Clark, who helped to register black voters; Dolores Huerta, who organized farm workers; Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, an activist for reproductive rights; and Gretchen Buchenholz, one of the nation's leading child advocates. Gore Schiff delivers an intimate and accessible account of the nine trail-blazing women who deserve not only to be honored but to have their example serve as beacons.