Our stories, our visions
Subtitle: inspiring answers from remarkable women
By: [compiled by] Zoe Sallis.
Contributors: Sallis, Zoë.
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781844837090
Subjects: Women -- Biography; Women's studies
Genres: Biography.
Description: Following her acclaimed bestseller Ten Eternal Questions (2005), Zoë Sallis has conducted an exciting new series of interviews, this time with 35 of the worlds most successful and inspiring women. Her extraordinarily diverse selection ranges from author Isabel Allende and Sister Helen Prejean (subject of the film Dead Man Walking) to journalist Christiane Amanpour and Professor Wangari Maathai, the first African female to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Every person here has worked hard to achieve great things in her chosen field. Sallis celebrates their achievements, and gives us fascinating, personal insights into their minds, lives, and dreams.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Did your upbringing or early experiences influence the direction your life took?; title: What inspires you in life?; title: What most provokes you to anger and do you believe in forgiveness?; title: Do you think there will ever be equality in humankind, an end to poverty and injustice?; title: What is your greatest fear?; title: Which woman or women, past or present, do you most admire?; title: Do you think women can make a difference in the world and be instrumental in stopping war?; title: What spiritual or religious beliefs do you hold?; title: Do you have any advice for the younger generation?; title: Do you have a favourite work of art, book, poem or piece of music that has a special personal significance for you?