This Paperback Book item from Merrell was reviewed on 6-Nov-2008. Search ISBN:1858943965 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Women of Our Time: 75 Portraits of Remarkable Women Reference Book. Classifications : General AAS Qualifying Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books Photo Essays Photography Arts & Photography Subjects Books Portraits Photography Arts & Photography Subjects Books General Photogr . Click the following link to view the cover of Women of Our Time: 75 Portraits of Remarkable Women. Related topics: General AAS. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. Photo Essays. Photography. Arts & Photography. Subjects. Books. Portraits. requestid: 50506624-013b-4dae-9cfa-a2a4911c4a5b
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1) Paperback Book Women of Our Time: 75 Portraits of Remarkable Women by Merrell. Opening this book, I expected to find glossy photos of Eleanor Roosevelt, Marilyn Monroe, and other names and faces I recognized. While I found summaries of the lives of Roosevelt and Monroe beside typical portraits, I also found glowing descriptions and realistically unflattering pictures of women whose names I had never heard or whose faces I had never seen. Among the familiar list of names and unfamiliar faces were Margaret Sanger, pioneer of birth control rights; Anne Sexton, a poet who wrote with heart-gripping emotionality; and Pearl S. Buck, whose works I had read in high school with little context. Among the women whose stories had been hidden to me until now were Rosalyn Yalow, a medical physicist who made in-roads into male-dominated fields; Frances Perkins, the first woman to hold a post in the U.S. Cabinet; and Zitkala-Sa Bonnin (also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin), an author and activist for Native American rights.
As broad and deep as the selection of featured women is, my only complaint is also about the selection. While a number of black, white, Asian and Native American writers, artists, activists, politicians and scientists are featured, nearly all of the subjects whose fame was acquired outside of the arts are white. The inclusion of Congresswoman and lawyer Barbara Jordan and Vietnam War Memorial architect Maya Lin is heartening, but surely a broad survey of ground-breaking women in the 20th century could offer a more inclusive pallet.¤ 2) Paperback Book Women of Our Time: 75 Portraits of Remarkable Women by Merrell. This new compact edition of a bestselling title is a glorious celebration of seventy-five of the most creative, controversial, witty, brave and inspirational women of the twentieth century. Revealing portraits, by an array of distinguished photographers, show women who have reached the summit of achievement in politics, business, art, sport, the performing arts and science - women such as Billie Holiday, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Martha Graham, Maya Lin and Gloria Steinem. The photographs are accompanied by brief biographies that highlight the distinctive contributions of these women and describe how they were viewed by their contemporaries. A new compact edition of a bestselling title, featuring seventy-five stunning portraits and engaging biographies of women who have helped to define the modern age
Includes rarely seen photographs of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Graham, Joan Baez and many others¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 4-Dec-2008, 18589439659781858943961, 6X0-6X0-780-511-651-EUB-8 
Women of Our Time: 75 Portraits of Remarkable Women, Book, Image © Merrell
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