Women of Uncommon Valor

Geraldine Watts Bell; Hattie Griffin Lamar

doi:10.5771/9780761850298

Summary

Women of Uncommon Valor introduces readers to women who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the various endeavors through which they have fulfilled their lives and contributed to the city of Birmingham. These women have succeeded despite having experienced degrees of gender, racial, class or ideological discrimination. Readers will observe that these women who share their stories are goal-directed and determined, responsive to models in their lives, and embraced leadership opportunities that were within their reach. Today, these courageous women dare to encourage, inspire, and advise young women who are just beginning their journeys. As these stories unfold, readers may remember the lives of other women whose stories will merge with these and form an inspirational chorus rendering knowledge, experience, and wisdom.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-5028-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-5029-8
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 102
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter One: Anthonia Adadevoh No access Pages 1 - 3
Chapter Two: Lydia Alexander No access Pages 4 - 7
Chapter Three: Rachel Arrington No access Pages 8 - 11
Chapter Four: Debra Moody Bass No access Pages 12 - 15
Chapter Five: Barbara Belisle No access Pages 16 - 18
Chapter Six: Geraldine Bell No access Pages 19 - 23
Chapter Seven: Sheila Blair No access Pages 24 - 28
Chapter Eight: Barbara Boyd No access Pages 29 - 32
Chapter Nine: Carol Garrison No access Pages 33 - 35
Chapter Ten: Ethel Hall No access Pages 36 - 39
Chapter Eleven: Beverly Hawk No access Pages 40 - 43
Chapter Twelve: Janice Jackson No access Pages 44 - 46
Chapter Thirteen: Mattie Jackson No access Pages 47 - 50
Chapter Fourteen: Hattie Lamar No access Pages 51 - 56
Chapter Fifteen: Helen Shores Lee No access Pages 57 - 60
Chapter Sixteen: Josna Mishra No access Pages 61 - 63
Chapter Seventeen: Annetta Nunn No access Pages 64 - 66
Chapter Eighteen: Dannetta Thornton Owens No access Pages 67 - 70
Chapter Nineteen: Dorothy Porter No access Pages 71 - 74
Chapter Twenty: Jessica Roskin No access Pages 75 - 78
Chapter Twenty-One: Katrina Ross No access Pages 79 - 81
Chapter Twenty-Two: Barbara Sirmans No access Pages 82 - 85
Chapter Twenty-Three: Margaret Ssenkoloto No access Pages 86 - 87
Chapter Twenty-Four: Ruth M. Strong No access Pages 88 - 91
Chapter Twenty-Five: Virginia Volker No access Pages 92 - 95
Chapter Twenty-Six: Odessa Woolfolk No access Pages 96 - 100
About the Authors No access Pages 101 - 102