We Are Our Mothers Daughters, Cokie Roberts
We Are Our Mothers Daughters, Cokie Roberts
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We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
Revised Edition

Author: Cokie Roberts

Narrator: Cokie Roberts

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 04/07/2009

Synopsis

“[A] paean to feminism and the solidarity of womenkind. . . . This book is a celebration of women in their various roles: mother, sister, civil rights advocate, consumer advocate, first-class mechanic, politician—which Roberts’ own mother once was.”
—Washington Post “The perfect combination of powerful feelings and a modulated style.”
— Los Angeles Times From the much beloved Cokie Roberts comes a revised and expanded tenth-anniversary paperback edition of the #1 New York Times Bestseller We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters—complete with new profiles.

About Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News and NPR. She won countless awards and in 2008 was named a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress. She was the author of the New York Times bestsellers We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters, Founding Mothers, Ladies of Liberty, and, with her husband, the journalist Steven V. Roberts, From This Day Forward and Our Haggadah.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

What I loved about this collections of essays about the role of women is the acknowledgement of the struggles of previous generations and how women dealt with those difficulties. There are a multitude of female role models in this book, ones that I was familiar with and ones I wasn't. Reading their......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

Anoother homage to the late Cokie Roberts-a great loss for women everywhere. May she rest in peace. Written in a friendly, casual, almost intimate style, We Are Our Mother’s Daughters is composed of short essays sharing the experiences of Cokie Roberts herself, her friends and some history. As a mem......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy

Roberts writes about the advances of women in the political and cultural milieu of our time and how these advances came as our generation (and each generation) stood on the shoulders of our mothers who struggled and sacrificed to earn respect. She writes from a very personal perspective - about her......more

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