Shining A Light On (Her) Story - Casper Agostini, Jackie
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Shining a Light on (Her)story is a memoir that follows the life journey of a South Jersey women's rights activist. Woven into her personal story are the histories of exceptional and influential women such as Irish immigrant Mary Harris, slave preacher Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth), Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Pauli Murray, Alice Paul, and more. Gerda Lerner, the "Mother of Women's History", said the women were kept in bondage to their second-class status by being denied education and denied their rightful place in history. Women have gained access to higher education and now we must restore history!…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Shining a Light on (Her)story is a memoir that follows the life journey of a South Jersey women's rights activist. Woven into her personal story are the histories of exceptional and influential women such as Irish immigrant Mary Harris, slave preacher Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth), Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Pauli Murray, Alice Paul, and more. Gerda Lerner, the "Mother of Women's History", said the women were kept in bondage to their second-class status by being denied education and denied their rightful place in history. Women have gained access to higher education and now we must restore history!
Autorenporträt
Dr. Jackie Agostini's childhood was nurtured in Kirkwood, New Jersey. This small-town Jersey girl started out as a math teacher who earned her BA from Glassboro State and her Master's in Math Education from Temple. While she was raising her children, she took on a variety of leadership roles in her parish and community. She returned to school in 1981, earning her MA in Youth Ministry from La Salle, and her Ph.D. in 1991 from Temple University. In 2012, after a 22 year career as a licensed psychologist and certified family therapist, she began teaching Women's History in the LIFE Program at Rowan College of Burlington County. She is passionate about learning and teaching Women's History and encourages all women to write their stories.