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Make Trouble
Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story
2018
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From Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the resistance” (Vogue), comes “an enthralling memoir” (Booklist, starred review) filled with “practical advice and inspiration for aspiring leaders everywhere” (Hillary Rodham Clinton).Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the prin...
2013
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A memoir filled with "valuable, passionate insights" from the lawyer who argued the landmark Roe v. Wade case to the Supreme Court ( Kirkus Reviews).More than 40 years ago, the highest court in the land handed down a decision that would forever alter the lives of women throughout the United States. Roe v. Wade became the seminal lawsuit that gave American women the legal right to abortion.Weddington, just 27 years old in 1973, became a key figure i...
The Everyday Feminist
The Key to Sustainable Social Impact Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever
2023
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An invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for replicating their successIn The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp Frett delivers a powerful and practical exploration of the factors that make a feminist social movement impactful in its place and time. In the book, you'll discover popular and not-so-popu...
Make Trouble Young Readers Edition
Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead
2019
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From former Planned Parenthood president and activist Cecile Richards comes the young readers edition of her New York Times bestselling memoir, which Hillary Rodham Clinton called an “inspiration for aspiring leaders everywhere.”To make change, you have to make trouble.Cecile Richards has been fighting for what she believes in ever since she was taken to the principal’s office in seventh grade for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietn...
Make Trouble
Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story
- Narrated by
- Cecile Richards
Unabridged
9 hours 59 min
2018
EN
From Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the resistance” (Vogue), comes “an enthralling memoir” (Booklist, starred review) filled with “practical advice and inspiration for aspiring leaders everywhere” (Hillary Rodham Clinton).Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the prin...
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The Oath
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