"Let me tell you what I've learned": Texas Wisewomen Speak (Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series, Book Four)

Pierce, PJ

ISBN 10: 0292765932 / ISBN 13: 9780292765931

Published by University of Texas Press, 2002

About this Item

Signed by author and by some of the women featured in the book! Comes with dust jacket which is in good condition. Book itself is in excellent condition with all pages clean and bright. Binding is tight.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1758914479058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Let me tell you what I've learned": Texas Wisewomen Speak (Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series, Book Four)
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292765932
• ISBN 13: 9780292765931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Barbara Jordan spoke for many Texas women when she told a reporter, "I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit." Indeed, the sense of limitless possibilities has inspired countless Texas women—sometimes in the face of daunting obstacles—to build lives rich in work, family, friends, faith, and community involvement.

In this collection of interviews conducted by PJ Pierce, twenty-five Texas women ranging in age from 53 to 93 share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives. Responding to the question "What have you found that really matters about life?" they offer keen insights into motherhood, career challenges, being a minority, marriage and widowhood, anger, assertiveness, managing change, persevering, power, speaking out, fashioning success from failure, writing your own job description, loving a younger man, and recognizing opportunities disguised as disaster—to name only a few of their topics. In her introduction, Pierce describes how she came to write the book and how she chose her subjects to represent a cross-section of career paths and ethnic groups and all geographic areas of Texas. A topical index makes it easy to compare several women's views on a given subject.

About the Author

PJ PIERCE is a freelance writer in Austin, Texas.