{"product_id":"a-life-in-motion-florence-howe-9781558616974","title":"A Life in Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A sharp and compelling memoir\" of a feminist icon who forged positive change for herself, for women everywhere, and for the world (Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of the Modern Language Association).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlorence Howe has led an audacious life: she created a freedom school during the civil rights movement, refused to bow to academic heavyweights who were opposed to sharing power with women, established women's studies programs across the country during the early years of the second wave of the feminist movement, and founded a feminist publishing house at a time when books for and about women were a rarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustained by her relationships with iconic writers like Grace Paley, Tillie Olsen, and Marilyn French, Howe traveled the world as an emissary for women's empowerment, never ceasing in her personal struggle for parity and absolute freedom for all women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHowe's \"long-awaited memoir\" spans her ninety years of personal struggle and professional triumphs in \"a tale told with startling honesty by one of the founding figures of the US feminist movement, giving us the treasures of a history that might otherwise have been lost\" (Meena Alexander, author of \u003cem\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florence Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558616977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558616974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 95","brand":"Florence Howe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939626746111,"sku":"9781558616974","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f4eba17c-ec6b-4db9-a9ca-0d5db1d52483.jpg?v=1681442592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-in-motion-florence-howe-9781558616974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}