Judith Heumann, Kristin Joiner

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Sprecher: Stroker, Ali

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the most influential disability-rights activists in history tells her personal story.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: DREAMSCAPE MEDIA
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 399 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781662005084
• Artikelnr.: 59083592

Autorenporträt

Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement. Her work with a wide range of activist organizations, NGOs, and governments since the 1970s has contributed greatly to the development of human-rights legislation and policy benefiting disabled people. She has advocated for disability rights at home and abroad, serving in the Clinton and Obama administrations and as the World Bank's first adviser on disability and development.

Inhaltsangabe

A Note from Judy
Prologue
PART ONE: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 1953
CHAPTER 1
The Butterfly
CHAPTER 2
Insubordinate
CHAPTER 3
To Fight or Not to Fight
CHAPTER 4
Fear of Flying
PART TWO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1977
CHAPTER 5
Detained
CHAPTER 6
Occupation Army
CHAPTER 7
Soldiers in Combat
CHAPTER 8
The White House
PART THREE: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1981
CHAPTER 9
The Reckoning
CHAPTER 10
Chingona
CHAPTER 11
Humans
CHAPTER 12
Our Story
Acknowledgments
Notes