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"Barbara Jordan spoke for many Texas women when she told a reporter, "I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit. " Indeed, the sense of limitless possibilities has inspired countless Texas women - sometimes in the face of daunting obstacles - to build lives rich in work, family, friends, faith, and community involvement.". "In this collection of interviews conducted by P.J. Pierce, twenty-five Texas women ranging in age from 53 to 93 share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives. Responding to the question "What have you found that really matters about life?" they offer keen insights into motherhood, career challenges, being a minority, marriage and widowhood, anger, assertiveness, managing change, persevering, power, speaking out, fashioning success from failure, writing your own job description, loving a younger man, and recognizing opportunities disguised as disaster - to name only a few of their topics. In her introduction, Pierce describes how she came to write the book and how she chose

Author

PJ Pierce

Publisher

Austin: University of Texas Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292756458

Subjects

History, Sociology, Biography

Rating

4 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14