When women demanded the vote in the years before the First World War, they promised to use political rights to remake their country and their world. This is the story of the woman who best fulfilled that pledge. Eleanor Rathbone cut her political teeth in the suffrage movement in Liverpool, spent two decades crafting social reforms for poor women and children, and was for seventeen years the most effective woman member of the House of Commons. Remembered today for her long and successful campaign for children's allowances and for her brilliant contributions to feminist and economic thought, she also played a critical role in imperial policymaking and in the opposition to appeasement. The last decade of her life was given to strenuous efforts to rescue Spanish republicans and Jews threatened by Hitler's rise to power. Susan Pedersen's important book restores Eleanor Rathbone to her rightful place as the most sophisticated feminist thinker and most effective British woman politician of the first half of the twentieth century. Pedersen provides a moving account of the intense family dynamics of Rathbone's childhood, and provides a vivid portrait of the worlds of Oxford idealism, Edwardian feminism, and provincial liberalism in which she first moved. Pedersen also uncovers the crucial importance of Rathbone's lifelong partnership with the Scottish social worker Elizabeth Macadam to her emotional life and many achievements. 'This book triumphantly pulls off something that most biographies do not even attempt let alone achieve: it fuses a deeply empathetic and compellingly readable portrait of one exceptional woman with a tough-minded analytical account of some of the knottiest issues in twentieth-century history.' Stefan Collini, Professor of Intellectual History & English Literature, Cambridge University '... this wonderfully written, magnificently researched biography.' Peter Stansky, Stanford University Susan Pedersen taught British history at Harvard University for many years before joining Columbia University as Professor of History. She is an established author.
Co-Winner of the 2005 Albion Book Prize sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies for the Best Book Published anywhere by a North American Scholar on any Aspect of British Studies since 1800 "From its opening pages, this long meditated book is clearly prize-winning material."-Stefan Collini, Cambridge University
This book is brilliant. I almost feel it should be compulsory on History / Feminist/ Social Policy lectures.
Not only does the book provide insight into Eleanors background and personality but the constraints of the society that she attempted to change.
Do I like her as a person after reading the book ? Not too sure. For me her position on votes for women was wrong , but not only was she a product of her time but also of her class.
The ambiguity that surrounds her sexuality remains unresolved in the book - but arguably that is irrelevant. The progress, changes and influence that she brought to bear on social policy and 'women's issues' is arguably second to none.
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“The Boy Crisis brilliantly explores the challenges facing our sons—and everyone. The sections on ADHD, the role of mothering and fathering, and developing boys’ health intelligence are priceless and life-changing.”
“Drs. Farrell and Gray frighten and enlighten us in their brilliant analysis, insights, wisdom, and practical solutions to The Boy Crisis . . . essential reading for every parent, teacher, and policy-maker.”
—Philip Zimbardo, PhD, former president of the American Psychological Association and Stanford University professor
“It would be impossible to read this book and not become a better parent, teacher, or thought leader.”
“What The Feminine Mystique did for girls and women, The Boy Crisis does for boys and men. An eloquently written, compelling tour de force, The Boy Crisis presents a long overdue vision of boys’ self-worth, sense of purpose, and idea of heroism that will leave our boys happier, healthier, and better prepared to sustain love.”
“A must-read for anyone who cares about our boys, our schools, our culture, and the future of our country.”
“Arresting, alarming, and impeccably researched, The Boy Crisis is a must-read for every parent, educator, and policymaker who cares about the future of boys and girls.”
“The Boy Crisis is a groundbreaking and exhaustively researched book about one of the most vital and disastrous yet underreported topics in America.”
“Original, thoughtful, and filled with gems of practical wisdom to understand and support the future of boys.”
“As an activist in the women’s movement, I’m proud of expanding life choices for our daughters. But no one did the same for our sons—until now. Dr. Warren Farrell shines his searchlight on the ‘boy problem with no name’ in this totally absorbing, astonishing, and masterful book. Best of all, he offers parents and educators straightforward solutions with a heart full of compassion.”
“The Boy Crisis is the most important book of the 21st century. . . . If you care about the very survival of humankind, you must read this book.”
“The Boy Crisis is a groundbreaking and exhaustively researched book about one of the most vital and disastrous yet underreported topics in America by one of the most thoughtful writers of our time. As the wife of a dad-deprived man, and the mother of a dad-enriched son, I can personally vouch for its deep significance.”
"The Boy Crisis will deepen your awareness and help you guide your son through the many dilemmas and ordeals that attend the journey from boyhood to manhood. Profoundly helpful."
Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of books published in 17 languages. They include two award-winning international best-sellers: Why Men Are The Way They Are plus The Myth of Male Power. Warren has been chosen by the Financial Times as one of the world's top 100 thought leaders.
Dr. Farrell is currently the Chair of the Commission to Create a White House Council on Boys and Men. He is the only man in the U.S. to have been elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York City. He started more than 300 men and women's groups, including ones joined by men from John Lennon to John Gray. Dr. Farrell has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, TODAY, and Good Morning America, and been the subject of features on 20/20, in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, People, Parade, and The New York Times.
Dr. John Gray is the author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. USA Today listed Mars/Venus as number six among the most influential books of the last quarter century. In hardcover, it was the number one bestselling nonfiction book of the nineties. John Gray's books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries.
Dr. Gray's more recent books include Mars and Venus in the Bedroom, Why Mars and Venus Collide, and Work With Me (with Barbara Annis). John has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, as well as on The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, etc. He has been profiled in Time, Forbes, USA Today, TV Guide, and People. He was also the subject of a three-hour special hosted by Barbara Walters.
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One endorsement of The Boy Crisis claims that is “the most important book of the 21st century.” I would amend that to “most necessary book.” Encyclopedic as it feels–almost 500 pages–it could have been four or five books, given the wealth and variety of its topics. While aimed at parents, particularly fathers, as they assist struggling young men to find healthy purpose and true male success in life, reading it causes me to reflect on my life as a man. For some women it may be a tough read, given that it incisively challenges many of the near dogmatic assumptions of what is wrong with men by offering well-researched alternative perspectives.
There are two distortions in the male narrative that challenge us, the distant or absent dad in contemporary societies and the anachronistic sacrificial disposability of men in the gender meta-narrative. Both need be questioned and countered. Farrell and Gray do exactly that.
From the fathering perspective, the demands of work life and familial support all but eliminate meaningful presence in parenting for many men, while divorce, on the increase as women find self-sufficiency, may exclude them entirely.
When it comes to real combat, men don’t count, except for a few heroes, living or dead, who sanctify the sacrificial offerings of the rest. Daily news reports from war zones count women and children dead and mutilated, leaving men to lie among the numberless casualties or be identified the bad guys who killed them. In popular media the killing of men is part of everyday entertainment and causes little concern. “The traditional male hero is about self-sacrifice, not self-actualization.” The battlefield and the workplace often function alike in this respect.
Though the women’s movement is rightfully empowering women to resist abuse and find rewarding and satisfying roles in life, there is little effort to allow men to follow “the glint in their eye”, to evade or redefine the stock, stereotypical roles of protector and provider. It is time for men to say their own, “Me too.” One hopes that the coming generation, now seemingly destined as micro-entrepreneurs, will have greater freedom to do so, but a new outcome does not depend solely on messing with the constraints of capitalism and commodification, but also on redefining the traditional male sense of purpose and adopting a life style that flows from it and supports it.
The book is replete with parental insights and suggested practices that begin to provide for this shift to a broader sense of purpose. This should not echo the veterinary sense of “fixing” men, but is about opening paths of opportunity for richer, more satisfying and, yes, heroic roles in male creativity, relationship formation and parenting. A good part of this is identifying and countering the “social bribes”, the pay-offs which deviate men from discovering their richer purpose offering a false currency of acknowledgement for outdated and too often tragic role performances.
Almost the last third of the book is focused on mental health issues most specifically on ADHD and its causes, effects and alternative remedies. I was hoping for OCD as well but was disappointed in this respect. Much wants more.
The endnotes are abundant and supportive of the content, which will no doubt be contested as it frequently contradicts commonly accepted assumptions about men, their behavior and their highly touted privilege.
Just got The Boy Crisis today and while I have not yet read the whole thing I am very moved by what I have read so far. Warren Farrell has been researching and studying the struggle facing boys for decades and is able to offer a perspective on their plight perhaps like no other. I predict this book will kick off a new movement. Or at least a very important cultural conversation about how we as a nation are supporting, or in so many ways not supporting, our boys.
This book, I should add, is not saying that girl’s issues aren’t real or don’t matter. Not at all. Rather, it takes the perspective that for society to be healthy both boys and girls need support and love and positive views of themselves. I couldn’t agree more.
My dad was in the invasion of Okinawa on Easter Sunday April 1st 1945 and returned from war with what they called shell shock. His father served in WWI and defending the country was an honor to both.
In my dad's early to mid-career as a pipeline electrician, he had debilitating panic attacks, smoked, became alcoholic, had un-anesthetized shock treatments, and was prescribed Librium and other drugs. Not an easy home-life for any of us but in his devotion to living by the code, he stayed until he retired.
Dad quit drinking in the via the recovery movement, and quit smoking, too. Mom, although not alcoholic, followed his lead. My dad died fairly recently at 90. Boy Crisis put the missing pieces together for me. Not only in relationship to my dad, but my brother, uncles, cousins, husband, stepson, and grandson.
As a C-suite consultant for 18 years in the gas and oil industry, I've seen the emotional scars and I’ve heard the Great Santini stories. And, I know engineers who could have been professional musicians and financial executives who are better suited for teaching or counseling.
Women's Movement gave me an energetic boost. I'm grateful. I've had many opportunities. As a result, my desire is to be able to see my 7 year-old grandson entering his working years buoyed with a culture change that Farrell and Gray believe is possible.
If you are a dad or have a dad, you will find treasure between the pages in Boy Crisis. I want to do my part and spread the word about. So far, I've ordered 12 hard cover books and an Audible version. I suspect I'll order more.
Mind-blowing. I have 5 daughters ages 15-27 who are amazing and healthy and happy. I just had a son 6 months ago! Bought this book after hearing the author on the radio....can’t recommend this highly enough. Whatever your political views or economic status or geographical location, we are all united by the desire as parents for happiness and health for all children. The book hits you between the eyes that this is a NATIONAL CRISIS WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR, and even better - supplies tools with which to work on this critical issue.
“Honestly, this is one of the most interesting books I’ve read, it grabs you from the beginning and doesn't let you go until the epilogues.” - Hazel Cruze
“It’s best described as a summer blockbuster complete with secret government agencies, action sequences and enough science to make it believable.” - Samantha Spencer
When Jake realizes he may be able to play a role in exposing over 70 years of secrecy by proving his grandfather’s discovery was real, he finds himself up against one of the world’s most powerful governments as he confronts the most closely guarded secrets of our times.
A reality the world is not ready for; a technology that’s not supposed to exist; a crash that never happened; a government that was not prepared; and a truth we were never to know… Disclosing the Secret is a Dan Brown paced sci-fi action thriller. It explores the idea of introducing an extraterrestrial presence into contemporary civilization and delves into its implications on our social, political and religious beliefs, challenging the reader to ask, “What if?”
All the events and technologies embedded within the narrative are based on alleged artifacts and incidents from the recollections of Col. Jesse Marcel Jr..
"Masterful Storyline!" - Verified Amazon Review "Read this book and you'll never look at the night sky the same way again" - Verified Amazon Review "It's a little bit Mission Impossible, a little bit Jason Bourne, and a little bit X-Files" - Verified Amazon Review "An awesome, fast paced, action packed entertaining read. It certainly has a Dan Brown stile suspense to it." - Verified Amazon Review "I felt like I was right there, experiencing the mystery and the action firsthand." - Verified Amazon Review "This novel takes what may seem implausible and makes you think, "what if?" - Verified Amazon Review "I really felt like I was along for the ride and would love to see this made into a move!" - Verified Amazon Review "Author Vincent Amato really brings his A-game with this Sci-Fi Thriller that stole away the afternoon."- Verified Amazon Review "When the past catches up with science, it brings a climax to the forefront that reaches new heights beyond anything you've ever read." - Verified Amazon Review
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Absolutely fantastic book! The pacing of it is reminiscent of the spy thrillers I read growing up. I felt like I was right there with Jake, experiencing the mystery and the action firsthand. Really neat detail adding in facts at the beginning. It made the story all too real and a "what if" instead of something entirely implausible. Engaging book with hardly a dull moment. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys thrillers or sci-fi.
Let me start off by saying I enjoyed this book. I liked the concept and the way the author interspersed fact with fiction. That being said, it was not without its flaws. I'm not mentioning them because I want to knit pick but because I think Amato can tighten his work and be even better.
The biggest issue I had was the repetition - not only in ideas explained many times throughout the novel, but in words used over and over in subsequent sentences and paragraphs. For instance, Amato tells us at several locations in the book what 'black' means in terms of government agencies and programs. We get it; they're super duper secret. And we get why the government hides existence of the 'visitors' from us. It's oil interests and our inability to handle the truth without great social collapse. Yep, got it. He revisits these explanations one too many times, at least for my liking.
Continuing on with the repetition issue, the author uses the same words over and over constantly. Example: "Reilly rowed his small boat in the direction of the small fishing pier". One sentence later: "With the object now wrapped in a small towel..." It's unnecessary and takes the reader out of the story. On one page he uses the word van eight times!
The use of English terms and spelling again jarred me from the story. "Nappy" "Moulding" "Splendour" are not used in the US, and at one point I had to reaffirm that this story was about the US government and military and was taking place in the US.
The author should also take note of overwriting emotions and actions - "suffocating loneliness", "soul-piercing stare" "overwhelming tremor" "her soul cried out in anguish". For me Amato is at his best in the fast-paced action scenes where those superfluous adjectives are shed (for the most part), or when he's explaining the cold hard facts of science.
Spelling typos also crop up - plant for planet, bride for bridge, etc. - and one would hope that a careful editor will spot these mistakes, as well as the other problems I raised, in any subsequent novels. I know I've pointed out many negatives, but really, a good book is about the story, and this is a fine one. With a little careful attention, I think his next could be great!
I feel like giving this book a three, but that would probably be unfair. The story was interesting and reasonably well told, but a Brit just can't really tell an American story like this. I almost went into disgust and throw away at the very beginning when we have things happening at a United States air force base in 1947. I guess a Brit wouldn't know that there was no U.S. Air Force in 1947. I then started getting all of those British misspellings, significantly, kerb for curb. We also had this guy in black seconding various stuff rather than requisitioning it. At the end, the American president said proceeding decades. No way. It's the following years. The story is another conspiracy theory story along the lines of majestic 12. If you can get over the uniquely British language and spelling it makes for an entertaining story. Too many pseudo facts and incredible assumptions for one to really suspend belief, however.
VA has written a novel about the influence of aliens to the population of earth for thousands of years. The Aliens are allowed to watch but not interfere. Everything changes after Roswell people began to see more and believe more. This is an excellent read for the genre..... ER
I might have enjoyed this book if I was in the second grade, then I might have thought this is how english is suppose to be written.
From beginning to end this book must have 1000 errors, it was torture to sit through it to the end but I made it, I regret the time I wasted when I could have been reading a good book. I doubt the author made any attempt to proof read, he must have thought his writing was so good, it didn't need it.
Misspelled words, missing words, words used twice (was was), wrong word used, past tense used in place of present tense, present tense used in place of past tense, the list goes on.
As for the story itself, way too unbelievable even for fantasy sci-fi, the author went way over board to make it seem exciting, it wasn't. It was annoying.
Disclosing the Secret by Vincent Amato is a wonderful and joyful read for any reader of sci-fi thrillers and I highly enjoyed this in my leisure time. Although this tale is filled with ‘alleged events’, it was none the less very interesting composition to read. The epilogues added were a nice surprise and it was a fantastic way to give another layer of insight. The story flows along with action sequences and a string of assassinations and I did not see the ending coming. Various twists and turns are included in this. The author has made it look like live events happening right in front of reader's mind right. Recommended read!
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