The Free Woman

Author : Lara Feigel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781635570960

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Free Woman by Lara Feigel Pdf

A genre-defying memoir in which Lara Feigel experiments with sexual, intellectual and political freedom while reading and pursuing Doris Lessing How might we live more freely, and will we be happier or lonelier if we do? Re-reading The Golden Notebook in her thirties, shortly after Doris Lessing's death, Lara Feigel discovered that Lessing spoke directly to her as a woman, a writer, and a mother in a way that no other novelist had done. At a time when she was dissatisfied with the conventions of her own life, Feigel was enticed by Lessing's vision of freedom. Free Woman is essential reading for anyone whose life has been changed by books or has questioned the structures by which they live. Feigel tells Lessing's own story, veering between admiration and fury at the choices Lessing made. At the same time, she scrutinises motherhood, marriage and sexual relationships with an unusually acute gaze. And in the process she conducts a dazzling investigation into the joys and costs of sexual, psychological, intellectual and political freedom. This is a genre-defying book: at once a meditation on life and literature and a daring act of self-exposure.

Author : Abigail Dodds
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433562723

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(A)Typical Woman by Abigail Dodds Pdf

A Woman Through and Through In a culture that can belittle womanhood on the one hand—making it irrelevant—and glorify it on the other—making it everything—it’s hard to know what it really means to be a woman. But when we understand womanhood through the lens of Scripture, we see that we need a bigger category for what God has called “woman.” This book breathes fresh air into our womanhood, reminding us what life in Christ—as a woman—looks like. When we see that we are women in all we do, we can be at peace with how God has created us, recognizing womanhood as an essential part of Christ’s mission and work.

Author : Jana Laiz,Ann-Elizabeth Barnes
Publisher : Crow Flies Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780981491028

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A Free Woman on God's Earth by Jana Laiz,Ann-Elizabeth Barnes Pdf

"A Free Woman On God's Earth" The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom is the inspiring story of Mumbet, an enslaved African woman who lived in Sheffield, Massachusetts during Revolutionary War times. Owned by John and Hannah Ashley, Mumbet served eleven patriots as they wrote impassioned letters to King George demanding freedom from the British. Mumbet could not help but overhear their conversations. These Declaration of Grievances became the Sheffield Resolves, or the Sheffield Declaration, the precursor to the Declaration of Independence and the irony of the sentiments in this document was not lost on Mumbet. After a particularly brutal incident, where Mistress Hannah Ashley intends to strike a servant girl with a hot poker from the hearth, Mumbet puts her own arm up to block the blow and is burned to the bone. When she finally heals, she realizes she can no longer live enslaved and waits for the right moment. The moment comes in 1780 with the ratification of the Massachusetts Constitution, making into the law the words, "All men are created free and equal." Mumbet takes these words and used them to sue for her freedom. On August 21, 1781, she becomes a free woman.

Author : Libby Purves
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444721232

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A Free Woman by Libby Purves Pdf

Sarah Penn and Maggie Reave are sisters, as different as a tabby and a tiger. Sarah has married kind, reliable Leo and settled contentedly into small-town life. Maggie, light-hearted and footloose, has spent fifteen years drifting round the world with a backpack and a cheerful willingness to do any menial job as long as it has no future. But now Maggie has come home, pregnant, and undecided whether or not to keep the baby. And as she dicusses this with her sister, lets slip that she's had an abortion before, and that the father was Maggie's husband. This throws everything into confusion, but Christmas brings reconciliation and a new baby.

Author : Hannah Crafts
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759527645

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The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts Pdf

Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.

Author : Emilie Piper,David Levinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African American women
ISBN : 098454920X

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One Minute a Free Woman by Emilie Piper,David Levinson Pdf

Author : Lara Feigel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408878552

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Free Woman by Lara Feigel Pdf

'A fascinating mix of literary criticism, cultural history and memoir ... Highly enjoyable' Sunday Times How might we live more freely, and will we be happier or lonelier if we do? Rereading The Golden Notebook in her thirties, Lara Feigel discovered that Doris Lessing spoke directly to her as a woman, writer and mother in a way that no other novelist had done. Veering between admiration and fury at the choices Lessing made, Feigel conducts a dazzling investigation into the joys and costs of sexual, psychological, intellectual and political freedom. The result is this genre-defying book: at once a meditation on life and literature and a daring act of self-exposure.

Author : Margot Gaudet,Jessica de Castro,Megan Harmony
Publisher : Prominence Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1999215109

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The Great Canadian Woman: She is Strong and Free by Margot Gaudet,Jessica de Castro,Megan Harmony Pdf

The Great Canadian Woman is all of us. She is the single mother who provides for her children come hell or high water. She is the woman who has a dream, and musters up enough courage to go after it. She is the woman who has quarreled in the depths of pain and grief and finds her way back home to herself. She is the woman who says "no" to what does not serve her. She is the woman who says "enough is enough", and commits to a new way of living. She is the woman who finds the strength to leave toxic relationships. She is the woman who knows unconditional love. She is the woman who takes the lead and lights the torch. She is the woman who refuses to accept the limits that someone else placed before her. She is the woman who knocks down doors, and shatters glass ceilings. She is the woman who finds a way out of no way then turns around, extends her hand, and brings as many people as she can along with her. The following women all co-authored this book: Sarah Swain Margot Gaudet Jessica De Castro Megan Harmony Olivia Shwetz Falon Malec Rose Finlay Sarah Swain Barbara McBryer Patricia Coulter Brenda Wiese Shannon Miller Susan Ruhe Koa Hughes Stephanie Goudreault The women who have shared their sacred stories in this book are warriors of light. They are some of the most resilient women we have ever encountered and we are humbled by their courageous journeys. They exemplify what it means to be The Great Canadian Woman, Strong and Free. Their voices give hope to other women, that they too can change the trajectory of their lives, if the course they are travelling doesn't serve them. Their expertise and insight inspire women to make better choices for themselves and take empowered action towards their lives with intention. Their stories grant us all the permission to live fully, love deeply and to fight like hell in the name of happiness. We are so proud of each and every one of them.

Author : Gien Karssen
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781631464164

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Her Name is Woman by Gien Karssen Pdf

Leaders: lessons from women of vision and courage walks women through the lives of Miriam, Esther, Lydia, and nine other women of the Bible. Wherever God placed them, these women used their leadership abilities to serve God and others. Gien Karssen's vivid storytelling and deep insights will immerse you in the lives of these courageous women and help you explore how God has called you to serve as a leader where He has placed you. The stories will remind you of people you know, and maybe even of your-self. Each book in the Her Name Is Woman series brings to life women who are featured in the pages of the Bible. As you grapple with God's role in each woman's life, you will be motivated to live your own life wholeheartedly for God. Each chapter includes relevant Scripture passages and study questions that have made the Her Name Is Woman series a favorite guide for Bible studies and small groups. GIEN KARSSEN is author of the Her Name Is Woman series. She was married for only six weeks when her husband was interned in a concentration camp during the Nazi Holocaust, where he died. She lived the rest of her days avidly mentoring women as part of The Navigators in Europe.

Author : Jess Connolly,Hayley Morgan
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310345541

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Wild and Free by Jess Connolly,Hayley Morgan Pdf

You don't have to be everything to everyone. You don't have to try so hard to button it up and hold it together. Join best friends and coauthors Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan as they reveal how women today can walk in the true liberty we already have in Jesus. For all the fullness of God available to his daughters, we often feel limited by two defining insecurities: "I am too much" and "I am not enough." Jess and Hayley felt the same until one essential question turned the tables: If God is wild and free and he created women, what does this mean for us today? Wild and Free is an invitation to find freedom from the cultural captivity that holds us back, and freedom to step into God's wild and holy call in our lives. Jess and Hayley answer difficult questions that so many women have asked them over the years, including: How do I compete with the burden of expectation of what women are "supposed" to be? Where do I actually fit in? How can I start living out my God-given identity every day of my life? With fresh biblical insight tracing all the way back to Eve and a treasury of practical application, Jess and Hayley reveal how women today can walk in the true liberty we already have in Jesus--because you certainly don't have to quiet the voice that God gave you when he created you to sing. Wild and Free will help you shake off the lies of insecurity in your life and step forward to maximize your God-given influence for his glory and the world's good.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1936533804

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The Negro Bible - The Slave Bible by Anonim Pdf

The Slave Bible was published in 1807. It was commissioned on behalf of the Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves in England. The Bible was to be used by missionaries and slave owners to teach slaves about the Christian faith and to evangelize slaves. The Bible was used to teach some slaves to read, but the goal first and foremost was to tend to the spiritual needs of the slaves in the way the missionaries and slave owners saw fit.

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917356364

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Martha Quest by Doris Lessing Pdf

Author : Marcella Fanny Wilkins ("Mrs. W. N. Wilkins.")
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Slavery
ISBN : OXFORD:600073009

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The Slave Son by Marcella Fanny Wilkins ("Mrs. W. N. Wilkins.") Pdf

Author : Sojourner Truth
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780241472378

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Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth Pdf

'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I am as strong as any man that is now' A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the equal rights of Black women throughout her life. This selection of her impassioned speeches is accompanied by the words of other inspiring African-American female campaigners from the nineteenth century. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

Author : Raechel Myers,Amanda Bible Williams
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433688980

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She Reads Truth by Raechel Myers,Amanda Bible Williams Pdf

Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life.