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Book Synopsis The Independent Woman by : Simone De Beauvoir
Download or read book The Independent Woman written by Simone De Beauvoir and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like man, woman is a human being.” When The Second Sex was first published in Paris in 1949—groundbreaking, risqué, brilliantly written and strikingly modern—it provoked both outrage and inspiration. The Independent Woman contains three key chapters of Beauvoir’s masterwork, which illuminate the feminine condition and identify practical social reforms for gender equality. It captures the essence of the spirited manifesto that switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and continues to exert profound influence on feminists today.
Book Synopsis AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN by : Natsumi Matsumoto
Download or read book AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN written by Natsumi Matsumoto and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A red thread links the fate of two people together. Julia lost her parents and lives a hard life taking care of her two older sisters. Her sisters will be getting married and leaving home soon, but who is she going to marry? At a party, Julia is approached by Professor Gerard, a Dutch aristocrat and the head of the medical world. His impression of her is terrible when she teases him about the dress he made by tailoring the curtains.She never wants to see him again. But it's also the professor who gives her a hand when she loses her job and her house. Is he a tease, or is he kind?
Book Synopsis Memoir of an Independent Woman by : Tania Grossinger
Download or read book Memoir of an Independent Woman written by Tania Grossinger and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The female incarnation of Forrest Gump…her life reads like a trip back through the defining personalities and events of the 20th century.”—Shoreline Times After coming of age at the legendary Grossinger’s resort hotel in the Catskills, Tania Grossinger defied the conventions of an era. When women were routinely consigned to focusing exclusively on husband and family, she chose her own path, and broke ground for the generations that came after her. She started in public relations for The $64,000 Question, the TV show that was the focus of the infamous “quiz show scandals”; she was the publicist for Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking bestseller, The Feminine Mystique; and, for seven years, served as the director of broadcast promotion for Playboy Magazine and the Playboy Club. And that was only the beginning. After escaping a brief her marriage, she embarked on the next chapter of her life. Along the way she crossed paths with such iconic figures as Ayn Rand, Jackie Robinson, Joan Rivers, Timothy Leary, and Johnny Carson. Tania would also became embroiled in a real-life mystery: the unsolved disappearance of Claudia Kirschhoch, a fellow travel writer who vanished without a trace from their beachside hotel on the western tip of Jamaica. Of her first memoir, Growing Up at Grossinger’s, the Jewish Daily Forward said Tania’s “childhood was…Like a version of Kay Thomson's Plaza Hotel-dwelling Eloise by way of 'Dirty Dancing.’” Now, written as an open letter to an imaginary daughter, Tania reflects on growing beyond—in a smart, funny, and revealing account of ignoring expectations and becoming a truly independent woman.
Download or read book Fanny Fern written by Joyce W. Warren and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fanny Fern is a name that is unfamiliar to most contemporary readers. In this first modern biography, Warren revives the reputation of a once-popular 19th-century newspaper columnist and novelist. Fern, the pseudonym for Sara Payson Willis Parton, was born in 1811 and grew up in a society with strictly defined gender roles. From her rebellious childhood to her adult years as a newspaper columnist, Fern challenged society's definition of women's place with her life and her words. Fern wrote a weekly newspaper column for 21 years and, using colorful language and satirical style, advocated women's rights and called for social reform. Warren blends Fern's life story with an analysis of the social and literary world of 19th-century America.
Book Synopsis Confessions of an Independent Woman: Truth, Lies & Relationships by : Aprille Franks-Hunt
Download or read book Confessions of an Independent Woman: Truth, Lies & Relationships written by Aprille Franks-Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Confessions of an Independent Woman: Truth, Lies, & Relationships, she stresses we must move on regardless, as dwelling on what might have been, or obsessing over problems is not a solution." Although she shares her own harrowing experiences with us, the point of this empowering, informative, and highly motivational book is to reveal the lessons she learned, and to show other women how she emerged triumphant--and remind them that they can too. "Sharing our stories with other women demonstrates huge growth and proves we are bigger than how we are all-too-often portrayed," she says, while she encourages us to "gain self-worth, value, and respect." This is the process that helped Aprille achieve what she really wanted in the end: to live freely and happily. "Our lives are a testimony, and we should look at how we overcome our struggles and use them as valuable lessons to help others."
Book Synopsis An Independent Woman by : Candace Camp
Download or read book An Independent Woman written by Candace Camp and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only one person ever treated Juliana Holcott with anything other than disdain–Nicholas Barre, the orphaned heir to the estate where she spent her childhood. And when wild, rebellious Nick left home, Juliana was left to fend for herself.
Book Synopsis Without Reservations by : Alice Steinbach
Download or read book Without Reservations written by Alice Steinbach and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris Dear Alice, Each morning I am awakened by the sound of a tinkling bell. A cheerful sound, it reminds me of the bells that shopkeepers attach to their doors at Christmastime. In this case, the bell marks the opening of the hotel door. From my room, which is just off the winding staircase, I can hear it clearly. It reminds me of the bell that calls to worship the novice embarking on a new life. In a way I too am a novice, leaving, temporarily, one life for another. Love, Alice In the tradition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun, in Without Reservations we take time off with Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Steinbach as she explores the world and rediscovers what it means to be a woman on her own. "In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Alice Steinbach, a single working mother, in this captivating book. "For years I'd made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow, and had relationships that allowed for a lot of freedom on both sides." Slowly, however, she saw that she had become quite dependent in another way: "I had fallen into the habit . . . of defining myself in terms of who I was to other people and what they expected of me." Who am I, she wanted to know, away from the things that define me--my family, children, job, friends? Steinbach searches for the answer to this provocative question in some of the most exciting places in the world: Paris, where she finds a soul mate in a Japanese man; Oxford, where she takes a course on the English village; Milan, where she befriends a young woman about to be married. Beautifully illustrated with postcards Steinbach wrote home to herself to preserve her spontaneous impressions, this revealing and witty book will transport readers instantly into a fascinating inner and outer journey, an unforgettable voyage of discovery.
Book Synopsis Katharine Hepburn by : Ronald Bergan
Download or read book Katharine Hepburn written by Ronald Bergan and published by Arcade. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bergan provides a glimpse into the life of a Hollywood legend, by charting both her career, which spanned seven decades, and her off-screen relationships with many of her leading men. When Katharine Hepburn arrived in Hollywood in 1932, studio executives were confounded by a rare beauty who displayed both an imperturbable sense of humor and an intelligent sensibility. Nobody on screen could be so funny and so moving in making a fool of herself, or so touching in reclaiming her dignity. According to George Cukor, her friend and the director of eight of her films, “She always challenged the audience, [and] that wasn’t the fashion in those days.” Much like Hepburn herself, her career followed no conventional pattern. Her on-screen personae ranged from the headstrong girl of her early appearances to the vaguely authoritative spinster of her later films; her performances won her a string of accolades, from her first Oscar for Morning Glory in 1933 to her fourth for On Golden Pond in 1981—with which she became the first (and to date only) winner of four Oscars for Best Actress, from a record twelve nominations. Hepburn was always her own woman, insisting on and retaining the respect of all who worked with her. She refused to give in to the studio’s publicity demands, avoiding interviews and always wearing pants off the set. With her fierce, no-nonsense beauty—to which the 150 sumptuous photographs in this book amply testify—her strong-minded outspokenness, and her controlled yet sparkling performances, she will always be one of cinema’s most seductive illustrations of the advantages of independence.
Book Synopsis An Independent Woman by : Anna Jacobs
Download or read book An Independent Woman written by Anna Jacobs and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She must fight to keep her new freedom The Great War is over at long last, and with it comes an inheritance that will free Serena Fleming from her bullying father. She can finally lead the life she has always wanted. But little does she know how far her father will go to prevent her leaving home. Meanwhile, Marcus Graye returns from the war, injured, to find his elderly aunt and a worn-out old house in his sole care. He’s content with his lot, despite daily stresses, but when he saves Serena from a kidnapping, things will never be the same again... Together, can they forge a brighter future? And can Serena at last get the new start she’s always wished for? A gritty and exciting wartime saga from the bestselling and much-loved Anna Jacobs. This inspirational saga is perfect for fans of Sheila Riley, Betty Firth and Katie Flynn.
Book Synopsis An Independent Woman by : Howard Fast
Download or read book An Independent Woman written by Howard Fast and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sixth novel of the Immigrants series, matriarch Barbara Lavette continues to surprise family and friends as she fights for justice and finds love again.
Book Synopsis A Woman of Independent Means by : Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Download or read book A Woman of Independent Means written by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy - not only of wealth but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. From the early 1900s through the 1960s, we accompany Bess as she endures life's trials and triumphs with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit: the sacrifices love sometimes requires of the heart, the flaws and rewards of marriage, the often-tested bond between mother and child, and the will to defy a society that demands conformity. Told in letters we follow the remarkable life of Bess Steed Garner from her childhood in 1899 to her death in 1977.
Book Synopsis Independent Women by : Martha Vicinus
Download or read book Independent Women written by Martha Vicinus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martha Vicinus's subject is the middle-class English woman, the first of her sex who could afford to live on her own earnings 'outside heterosexual domesticity or church governance.' She wanted and needed to work. Meticulous, resonant, original, triumphant, Independent Women tells of the efforts and endurance of this Victorian woman; of her courage and the constraints that she rejected, accepted, and created. . . . The independent women are the 'foremothers' of any women today who seeks significant work, emotionally satisfying friendships, and a morally charged freedom."—from the Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson "Feminist insight combines with vast research to produce a dramatic narrative. Independent Women chronicles the energetic lives and imaginative communal structures invented by women who 'pioneered new occupations, new living conditions, and new public roles.'"—Lee R. Edwards, Ms. "Vicinus is to be congratulated for her brave and unflinching portraits of twisted spinsters as well as stolid saints. That she stretches her net up into the '20s and covers the women's suffrage momement is a brilliant stroke, for one may see clearly how it was possible for women to mount such an enormous and successful political campaign."—Jane Marcus, Chicago Tribune Book World "Vicinus' beautifully written book abounds in rich historical detail and in subtle psychological insights in the character of its protagonists. The author understands the complexities of the interplay between economic and social conditions, cultural values, and the aims and aspirations of individual personalities who act in history. . . . A superb achievement."—Gerda Lerner, Reviews in American History "Martha Vicinus has with intelligence and energy paved and landscaped the road on which scholars and students of activist women all travel for many years."—Blanche Wiesen Cook, Women's Review of Books "Independent Women can be read by anyone with an interest in women's history. But for all contemporary women, unconsciously enjoying privileges and freedoms once bought so dearly, this book should be required reading."—Catharine E. Boyd, History
Book Synopsis Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir by : J. Mahon
Download or read book Existentialism, Feminism and Simone de Beauvoir written by J. Mahon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels and philosophical essays of the 1940s she produced not just a recognizably existentialist ethics, but also a character ethics and an ethics for violence. These concerns, stemming from her own personal philosophical background, give a vital, contemporary resonance to her work. De Beauvoir's feminist classic The Second Sex reflects her earlier philosophical interests, and is considerably strengthened by this influence. This book defends her existentialist feminism against the many reproaches which have been levelled against it over several decades, not least the criticism that it is steeped in Sartrean masculinism.
Book Synopsis Eliza Lucas Pinckney by : Lorri Glover
Download or read book Eliza Lucas Pinckney written by Lorri Glover and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, an innovative, highly regarded, and successful woman plantation owner during the Revolutionary era Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) reshaped the colonial South Carolina economy with her innovations in indigo production and became one of the wealthiest and most respected women in a world dominated by men. Born on the Caribbean island of Antigua, she spent her youth in England before settling in the American South and enriching herself through the successful management of plantations dependent on enslaved laborers. Tracing her extraordinary journey and drawing on the vast written records she left behind--including family and business letters, spiritual musings, elaborate recipes, macabre medical treatments, and astute observations about her world and herself--this engaging biography offers a rare woman's first-person perspective into the tumultuous years leading up to and through the Revolutionary War and unsettles many common assumptions regarding the place and power of women in the eighteenth century.
Book Synopsis Bird in a Banyan Tree by : Bina Ramani
Download or read book Bird in a Banyan Tree written by Bina Ramani and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life story of the author, an Indian fashion designer, entrepreneur, restaurateur and social worker.
Book Synopsis Not Part of the Plan by : Kristen Clark
Download or read book Not Part of the Plan written by Kristen Clark and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is still writing your story What happens when life doesn't turn out the way you always imagined? How do you stay hopeful when disappointments, unfulfilled longings, and frustrating detours come knocking on your door? Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal have asked these same questions themselves. In Not Part of the Plan, they open up their lives in the most raw and relatable way, sharing their own journeys through unexpected seasons of infertility, singleness, loss, and heartbreak. But in the midst of it all, they've learned that true hope doesn't come from getting the life you always dreamed of but from trusting God with the life He has for you and believing that His plans truly are good. Sister, wherever you are on your journey, your life has purpose and meaning in Christ, and thriving is possible--right now. "If life has thrown you a curveball and your future feels hard and scary, Not Part of the Plan is the book for you. You'll laugh. You'll cry. But most of all, you'll appreciate the advice of these wise friends as they teach you how to walk through pain and uncertainty and lead you toward a hope-filled tomorrow."--Mary A. Kassian, author of Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild "Bethany and Kristen address the struggles we face when life takes unwanted detours and show us through Scripture and experience that our ultimate hope is found in Christ. Even in life's disappointments, we can be completely confident in God's greater plan that is for our good and for His glory."--Gretchen Saffles, author of The Well-Watered Woman, founder of Well-Watered Women
Book Synopsis God Where Is My Boaz by : Stephan Labossiere
Download or read book God Where Is My Boaz written by Stephan Labossiere and published by Highly Favored Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You Ready To Receive The Love You Truly Deserve? You are a great woman, and it's time to get the love and relationship GOD has had waiting for you all along. “GOD Where’s My Boaz” is a woman’s guide to understanding what is hindering her from receiving the love and relationship she truly deserves. A straight forward and easy to read book that will help you: • Recognize and overcome the obstacles in love & relationships • Take steps towards truly becoming the blessing you hope to receive • Feel empowered, encouraged, and focused on progress These aren’t tips and tricks on how to get a man. This book will assist you in taking a deeper look within which will help you prepare and position yourself for the love and man that is truly best for you.
