Torch in the dark
Subtitle: one woman's journey
By: Hadiyah Joan Carlyle
Publisher: Book Publishers Network
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bothell, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781937454234
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Biography; Women welders; Shipyards; Mentally ill women; Counterculture
Description: Publisher description: As a single mother haunted by painful memories from her own traumatic childhood, Hadiyah Joan Carlyle pioneered as one of the first women since World War II to enter the trades as a union welder. For Hadiya, welding became a metaphor for healing from the dark past as well as a path to self-reliance and economic survival. While providing insightful perspective on the culture of the 1960s and 1970s, this memoir offers profound inspiration for anyone struggling with issues of abuse and oppression.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Breaking open; title: Part II: Reaching out; title: Part III: Diving deep; title: Part IV: Moving on; title: Part V: Standing strong; title: Part VI: Looking forward; title: Epilogue.