Download or read book Bushwomen written by Laura Flanders and published by Verso. This book was released on 2005-04-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bushwomen--women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet--are a strange breed. In this bestseller, Flanders investigates how they rose to high office, where they might be headed, and whether their power is a victory for women's equality.
Download or read book Bushwomen written by Laura Flanders and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bushwomen--women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet--are a strange breed. Flanders investigates how they rose to high office, where they might be headed, and whether their power is a victory for women's equality.
Download or read book Grace Steel written by J. Randy Taraborrelli and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women behind the greatest political dynasty of all time—the Bush family. Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long, including Barbara’s mother-in-law, the formidable Dorothy Bush; the enigmatic Columba and the controversial Sharon; and Laura’s twins, Jenna and Barbara. No matter the challenges related to power and politics, the women of the Bush dynasty always fought for equality in their marriages as they raised their children to be true to American values. In doing so, they inspired everyday Americans to do the same. Or, as Barbara Bush put it, “The future of this nation does not depend on what happens in the White House, but what happens in your house.” Details from the book include: —The tragedy Barbara faced in burying her three-year-old daughter, Robin, and her struggle with depression over the decades that followed. —The tragic night a teenage Laura Bush accidentally killed a good friend—a story she did not discuss publicly for decades. —The revelation of the affair that almost doomed George HW's hopes for the presidency. —The truth behind the fraught relationship between Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush that culminated in an angry phone call during which Barbara told her she would never speak to her again—and she didn't.
Download or read book Urban Bush Women written by Nadine George-Graves and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author's long-term engagement with the company has given her unprecedented access to Urban Bush Women. This Clearly contributes to her in-depth understanding of the dynamics of the company and of the choreographic processes that undergird Urban Bush Women Concert Pieces."---Sarah Davies Cordova, author of Paris Dances: Textual Choreographies in the Ninettenth-Century French Novel --
Download or read book Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers written by Chris Coulter and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the war in Sierra Leone (1991–2002), members of various rebel movements kidnapped thousands of girls and women, some of whom came to take an active part in the armed conflict alongside the rebels. In a stunning look at the life of women in wartime, Chris Coulter draws on interviews with more than a hundred women to bring us inside the rebel camps in Sierra Leone.When these girls and women returned to their home villages after the cessation of hostilities, their families and peers viewed them with skepticism and fear, while humanitarian organizations saw them primarily as victims. Neither view was particularly helpful in helping them resume normal lives after the war. Offering lessons for policymakers, practitioners, and activists, Coulter shows how prevailing notions of gender, both in home communities and among NGO workers, led, for instance, to women who had taken part in armed conflict being bypassed in the demilitarization and demobilization processes carried out by the international community in the wake of the war. Many of these women found it extremely difficult to return to their families, and, without institutional support, some were forced to turn to prostitution to eke out a living.Coulter weaves several themes through the work, including the nature of gender roles in war, livelihood options in war and peace, and how war and postwar experiences affect social and kinship relations.
Download or read book Women and the Bush written by Kay Schaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the concept of 'the typical Australian' has evolved across a range of cultural forms.
Download or read book Urban Bush Women written by Nadine George-Graves and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, moving, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic. These are a few words that have been used to describe the groundbreaking Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women. Their unique aesthetic borrows from classical and contemporary dance techniques and theater characterization exercises, incorporates breath and vocalization, and employs space and movement to instill their performances with emotion and purpose. Urban Bush Women concerts are also deeply rooted in community activism, using socially conscious performances in places around the country—from the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Center, and the Joyce, to community centers and school auditoriums—to inspire audience members to engage in neighborhood change and challenge stereotypes of gender, race, and class. Nadine George-Graves presents a comprehensive history of Urban Bush Women since their founding in 1984. She analyzes their complex work, drawing on interviews with current and former dancers and her own observation of and participation in Urban Bush Women rehearsals. This illustrated book captures the grace and power of the dancers in motion and provides an absorbing look at an innovative company that continues to raise the bar for socially conscious dance.
Download or read book George W Bush and the War on Women written by Barbara Finlay and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the George W. Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed or inhibited women's progress over the past three decades. While the media have focused on his opposition to abortion, Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has in fact been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programs that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations. Contrary to his public claims that 'W stands for Women,' his policies, appointments and actions reveal a strongly patriarchal bent. This book also includes a chapter on the negative effects on women of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Download or read book Nana and The Bushwoman written by Dr. B.K. Edmond and published by Byron K Edmond MD PC. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nana is a 33 year old Ghanaian woman . Highly educated and having lived in the U.S. the past 15 years she's evolved into a very successful woman , exceeding in everything except for love. Though modern, she finds herself still bound to the customary ways of her people when she honors a pledge to return home to Ghana for an arranged marriage. She hides from her American Soul Sister friends the small detail that she is returning to become the third wife of a Crown Prince who has stolen her heart. her challenge presents itself in the form of the Prince's strong willed Aunt and matriarch who is unaffectionately referred to by the urban half of the family as the Bushwoman. The Bushwoman fits the name as she lives in the traditional village ,is bound to customary ways and speaks only the village dialect. Mysteries unfold when Nana is required to spend four weeks living with the Bushwoman in the home village. Life with the Bushwoman is filled with surprises that blend the traditional with the modern to educate Nana about purpose, love, marriage , health , family and sisterhood. With wisdom versatility and greatness this beautifully veiled health message crosses cultural and generational lines to guide Nana and the reader on how best to " Seize All of Life's Blessings and Live"
Download or read book The Foreign Policy of George W Bush written by Alexander Moens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few presidents in modern times have seen their words and actions subject to such intense critical scrutiny as George W. Bush. His critics label him the 'Pariah President', personally inarticulate and at times politically incoherent; his supporters portray him as gifted and skilled, one of the most decisive, successful and popular leaders of our time. But if 'the person is now the policy' at the White House - and that person happens to be both activist and moralist - what kind of presidency and foreign policy flows from such a leader? How has Bush changed American politics and the role of the United States in the world? Alexander Moens offers the first systematic explanation of Bush's foreign policy by describing the complexities of the man and how his particular personality and style so heavily influence the final policy outcomes. Frank, engaging and insightful, it offers an original and carefully documented account of Bush's personality, his presidential style and his decision-making process, and how these three core ingredients in turn provide the key to understanding Bush's overall strategy and policy. The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush is an ideal reference for contemporary US foreign policy, international security, and diplomatic relations. With detailed and candid insights into the presidential leadership it will also make fascinating reading for those interested in the future of American politics.
Download or read book Bush written by Jean Edward Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself--most in invading Iraq--and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious faith.
Download or read book Bush Base Forest Farm written by Elisabeth Croll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a unique anthropological apprach, Bush Base: Forest Farm explores the management of resources in third would development programmes. The contributors, all distinguished anthropologists with practical experience of development projects, focus on the role of human cultural imagination in the use of environmental resources. They challenge the traditional sharp distinction between human settlement and natual environment (farm or camp, forest or bush), and argue that development programmes should place at their centre an appreciation of people's cosmologies and cultural understandings.
Download or read book United States v G W Bush et al written by Elizabeth De La Vega and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller What if there were a fraud worse than Enron and no one did anything about it? In United States v. George W. Bush et. al., former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega brings her twenty years of experience and her passion for justice to the most important case of her career. The defendants are George W Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell. The crime is tricking the nation into war, or, in legal terms, conspiracy to defraud the United States. Ms. de la Vega has reviewed the evidence, researched the law, drafted an indictment, and in this lively, accessible book, presented it to a grand jury. If the indictment and grand jury are both hypothetical, the facts are tragically real: Over half of all Americans believe the president misled the country into a war that has left 2,500 hundred American soldiers and countless Iraqis dead. The cost is $350 billion -- and counting. The legal question is: Did the president and his team use the same techniques as those used by Enron’s Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and fraudsters everywhere -- false pretenses, half-truths, deliberate omissions -- in order to deceive Congress and the American public? Take advantage of this rare opportunity to "sit" with the grand jurors as de la Vega presents a case of prewar fraud that should persuade any fair-minded person who loves this country as much as she so obviously does. Faced with an ongoing crime of such magnitude, she argues, we can not simply shrug our shoulders and walk away.
Download or read book Children of the Bush written by Henry Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sketches of Life in the Bush Or Ten Years in the Interior written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Bush Family Women written by Elaine S. Povich and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bush Family Women is a must-have collectible for devoted fans of the Bushes and a celebration of four women—Barbara, Laura, Jenna, and Barbara—who hold a unique place in the story of America. The Bush family’s political resume is unequaled in US history: one senator, two governors, one vice president, and two presidents, all whom have helped shape the nation for decades. The Bushes have long lived in front of the camera, but never has a photographic book focused on the stories and achievements of the three generations of the family’s women who came of age in the public eye: Barbara Pierce Bush (First Lady, 1989–1993, Second Lady, 1981–1989); Laura Welch Bush (First Lady, 2001–2009); and twins Barbara Bush Coyne and Jenna Bush Hager. Barbara Bush was a passionate promoter of literacy and education, as is her daughter-in-law, Laura. Both wrote bestselling memoirs. The younger Barbara is co-founder of Global Health Corps, an organization building a global movement for health equity, and, with Jenna, a New York Times bestselling coauthor. Jenna is a contributing correspondent and cohost on NBC’s Today show—where she launched a successful book club in 2019—and also a New York Times bestselling author. In this stunning, collectible volume, the inspiring journeys of these four women—from childhood to the White House and beyond—are brought to life with more than 150 photographs, quotes, and highlights from notable speeches, punctuated by insightful commentary from award-winning Washington journalist and author Elaine S. Povich.
