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OUR LIVES TO LIVE: PUTTING A WOMAN'S FACE TO CHANGE IN SINGAPORE
Our Lives to Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choices, and voices in Singapore have changed in the last 50 years; how women, from all sectors of society, have helped to shape the Singapore we know today. The 31 chapters, some with a more academic slant, others with a distinctly personal tone, reflect the rich diversity and depth of women's contributions to Singapore's evolution in the last half century, and also point to the problematical areas that still need attention.The perspectives in this book are provided by three generations of women, and they put a human face -- the woman's face -- to the tremendous changes in Singapore society over the past 50 years. The authors include some of Singapore's most accomplished women in many different fields -- Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, political scientist and diplomat Chan Heng Chee, global women's activist Noeleen Heyzer, sociologist and politician Aline Wong, food ambassador Violet Oon, sports legend Pat Chan, law lecturer and playwright Eleanor Wong, and novelist Meira Chand.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published July 6, 2015
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January 20, 2021
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If I could actively choose, I tend to avoid books that are basically a collection of short essays. I prefer books that go deep and elaborate on a point of view. Yet, when I was doing the research for one of my podcasts that looked at women’s issues in Singapore, I was told that this book would provide a lot of the foundational research I needed. I was not disappointed – Our Lives to Live is a compendium of around 30 short essays written by illustrious and thoughtful women in Singapore to celebrate Singapore’s 50th anniversary some years ago. While slightly dated, a lot of the perspectives shared are powerful, especially for areas I have little to no exposure to, including competitive sports, literature and even Women of Faith.
If I could actively choose, I tend to avoid books that are basically a collection of short essays. I prefer books that go deep and elaborate on a point of view. Yet, when I was doing the research for one of my podcasts that looked at women’s issues in Singapore, I was told that this book would provide a lot of the foundational research I needed. I was not disappointed – Our Lives to Live is a compendium of around 30 short essays written by illustrious and thoughtful women in Singapore to celebrate Singapore’s 50th anniversary some years ago. While slightly dated, a lot of the perspectives shared are powerful, especially for areas I have little to no exposure to, including competitive sports, literature and even Women of Faith.
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