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Summary: Wow!, the power of the Inner Spirit.
Review: 3/31/'00. I just finished reading "Women of Courage" I am flooded with emotions. I am opened like a wound that needed to be healed. All of this courage, power ,determination and spirit is filling my wounded self with "YES!", with love, and with a gritted determination to stand up and go forward into my dream, my goals, and MY LIFE. A must read for men or women.Once you read this book you WILL be changed forever. It is inevitable.thank you Katherine Martin!
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Summary: Women of Courage will inspire you!
Review: 41 women are featured in this thought-provoking book: some have names we recognize immediately from politics, medicine, spirituality & literature. Some for their derring-do & some for their expressions of inspiration. Some have made no headlines as they work with our homeless citizens or live with HIV, poverty or teach welfare mothers. One filmed documentaries in dangerous poltiical places. Another survived imprisonment at the hands of rebel bandits in a little known nation only to go to work, upon release, with refugees in ethnic-cleansing zones. Another stepped out of the shadow of a best-selling husband & learnt to speak her own piece while another is a pilgrim upon her walk toward spiritual knowledge.Listening to their words, remarking upon Katherine Martin's commentary, I have found myself in good company & would willingly offer any one of these brave women my seat by the fire & a cup of hot tea! A wonderful read & a keeper! Do check out my full review!
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Summary: A book every woman should read then share with someone.
Review: A truly inspirational book. It expanded my personal definition of what it means to be courageous. The stories show us that it is the every day events in our lives that require real courage. The stories are fascinating, heartwarming, wise, and inspiring!
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Summary: Best of the Inspiring Anthologies
Review: Anthologies of little stories are all the rage these days, but few are as well written and inspire the genuine emotion and admiration as this book. I recommend it for women and men alike.
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Summary: Showing Up For Life
Review: As a teacher of mind/body/spirit work, I found, Women of Courage, to be an outstanding example of women who are not only connected to themselves, but to their beliefs and to the guts and grace of the feminine spirit. The fighting nature in all women is elegantly presented, with each story showing us how the balance between action, masculine energy, along with the open and receptive power of the feminine energy rocks the world into change! Breaking molds, creating new visions with expanded choices, these women show us how to use our voice and our heart. They remind us to listen, to feel, to not be afraid, and to reflect upon our daily actions and lives as valuable and sacred journeys that can make a difference. This book reminds us that giving back is the way to heal, and that when we encourage and re-awaken courage in all women, we help the feminine spirit emerge into higher states of consciousness. Thank you for reminding me of the great joy and pride I feel to be part of the feminine gendre.
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Summary: Best of the Inspiring Anthologies
Review: I am a twenty-one year old who is emerging into the excitement, confussion, and power of womanhood. I was incredibly blessed in the sense that I was exposed to Katherine's book in its' early stages. "Women of Courage" moved and touched me in ways that nothing else has. I would finish a story and feel blessed as well as excited to be a woman. I also had the potent experience of hearing Katherine speak at my college last month. The event reinforced the power that this book holds between the beautifully written stories. I know that after the event my peers walked away feeling a little bit stronger, prouder, and more courageous. I truly encourage all women, especially women my age, who like my myself are beginning to shed the layers of the little girl, to read this book. I also encourage you to write her, e-mail her, invite her to speak at your school and share her book more intimatly with you and your peers. Most importantly, this book will teach you and inspire you to cross lines that you once believed to be boundries.
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Summary: Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived
Review: I am a twenty-one year old who is emerging into the excitement, confussion, and power of womanhood. I was incredibly blessed in the sense that I was exposed to Katherine's book in its' early stages. "Women of Courage" moved and touched me in ways that nothing else has. I would finish a story and feel blessed as well as excited to be a woman. I also had the potent experience of hearing Katherine speak at my college last month. The event reinforced the power that this book holds between the beautifully written stories. I know that after the event my peers walked away feeling a little bit stronger, prouder, and more courageous. I truly encourage all women, especially women my age, who like my myself are beginning to shed the layers of the little girl, to read this book. I also encourage you to write her, e-mail her, invite her to speak at your school and share her book more intimatly with you and your peers. Most importantly, this book will teach you and inspire you to cross lines that you once believed to be boundries.
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Summary: Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived
Review: I am a twenty-one year old who is emerging into the excitement, confussion, and power of womanhood. I was incredibly blessed in the sense that I was exposed to Katherine's book in its' early stages. "Women of Courage" moved and touched me in ways that nothing else has. I would finish a story and feel blessed as well as excited to be a woman. I also had the potent experience of hearing Katherine speak at my college last month. The event reinforced the power that this book holds between the beautifully written stories. I know that after the event my peers walked away feeling a little bit stronger, prouder, and more courageous. I truly encourage all women, especially women my age, who like my myself are beginning to shed the layers of the little girl, to read this book. I also encourage you to write her, e-mail her, invite her to speak at your school and share her book more intimatly with you and your peers. Most importantly, this book will teach you and inspire you to cross lines that you once believed to be boundries.
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Summary: Important and inspiring book
Review: In "Women of Courage", Katherine Martin has done a superb job of depicting forty courageous women who have followed their dreams, lived their commitments and made a difference in the world. These women are of all ages and are drawn from all professions: from art to politics; from explorers to activists. Some are famous and high-profile; some are relatively unknown. Each of these women has evinced a remarkable courage, openness and determination not to give up her dream - whether writing about the feminine identity of God, crossing the South Pole, or adopting a baby girl from China. Too often, as Mary Pipher (the author of "Reviving Ophelia," and one of the women profiled is this book) says, courage has been defined as courage in the face of physical danger, the courage of a superhero or of Rambo. With this book, Ms. Martins suggests that courage comes in many aspects, all of which are important and valuable. I would especially recommend this book as a gift to young women, although both genders and all ages should find it enjoyable.
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Summary: what a wonderful book!
Review: It is so great to read Katherine Martin's collection of stories about these extraordinary women. Not only is it inspiring - from the standpoint of allowing us all to feel our humanity, capacities and potentials - it is joyful and loving in the telling. I keep it by my bed so I can read a story at night and go to sleep feeling the love and compassion that this book provides. This is book to own and share and return to over and over. What a blessing!
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