Ejo: Poems Rwanda 1991-1994 - Couverture rigide

University Of Wisconsin Press

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0299170209 ISBN 13 : 9780299170202

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2000

Synopsis

She took the law into her own hands
Written for younger readers, Strong-Minded Woman provides an engaging look at the life of Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin s first female lawyer. Telling Goodell s story from 1858, when she first decided to become a lawyer, to her place as an actual attorney in the courtroom, Mary Lahr Schier recounts Goodell s hard work and determination as she taught herself the law.
Born in 1839 to abolitionist and transcendentalist parents, Lavinia Goodell grew up determined to change the world. As she met the runaway slaves that stayed at her childhood home and listened to the preaching of her church, Lavinia began to form her own ideas about the world. She decided to be a lawyer, even though her sister told her to stop "trying to be a man."
Distributed for the Midwest History Press.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Derick Burleson and his wife Anita Leverich lived in Rwanda from 1991 to 1993 where they taught English at the National University. A recipient of a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Burleson is currently completing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Houston.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299170209
• ISBN 13: 9780299170202
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible