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Voices From the Heartland
A thought-provoking collection of essays on life and livingVoices from the Heartland is a celebration of womensome of whom are household names, while others work outside the public eye.Voices from the Heartland speaks to readers all across America and demonstrates that women in Oklahoma represent the heart of us all.
Paperback, 290 pages
Published
March 1st 2009
by University of Oklahoma Press
(first published 2009)
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A wonderful, wonderful book of reflections by Oklahoma women who have contributed to the history and culture of recent Oklahoma. The fields of contribution are widely varied, some names very recognizable, others not...but no less significant. The subjects the women tackle are widely varied, told in words "uniformly unsentimental, compassionate, and unflinching". For the Clinton women a side note: Otie Ann is one of the contributors under the section "Women and Work"! She...more
A great collection of essays by strong Oklahoma women. I loved the variety of voices and experiences. Billie Letts' memoir of the fact she was pregnant when she and her beloved husband married...Wilma Mankiller's saga, recounting her political life as a Cherokee leader, several anonymous accounts of recovery from abuse. I loved the breadth of the pieces, highlighting the breadth of women's contributions to the state and to the nation.
I could tell there wasn't a prescription -- a temp...more
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