Everybody matters
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Mary Robinson ; with Tessa Robinson
Contributors: Robinson, Tessa, 1972-
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781444723328; 9781444723311; 9781444723335; 9781444723359
Subjects: Politics and government; Heads of state; Human rights workers; Women heads of state; Biography; Women human rights workers
Description: Mary Robinson was the first woman President of Ireland and one of the most inspiring women of our age, Mary Robinson has spent her life in pursuit of a fairer world. Never shy of speaking truth to those in power she has become one of the most eloquent, impassioned and influential voices for human rights issues around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: In transition; title: Finding my voice; title: Broadening my horizon; title: Ploughing my own furrow; title: Looking beyond our borders; title: Balancing family and work; title: Windows of change; title: A president with a purpose; title: The smell of fresh paint; title: Hope and history; title: Neither fish nor fowl; title: Boldly and duly; title: Bearing witness; title: Into the crucible; title: When the dust settled; title: Realizing rights in practice; title: Being an elder; title: Connecting the global and the local.