Review of “Particular Passions: Women of Wisdom”

I’d like to do a first on this blog site, and introduce all of you to a particularly interesting book, entitled “Particular Passions: Women of Wisdom”, by Laura Gilbert. I had the rare privilege of reading this, and found it to be a very enlightening and challenging book, and I recommend it for all women. This book “recounts the rich oral histories of pioneering women of the twentieth century from the arts and sciences, athletics and law, mathematics and politics.”, and includes such notable women as Gloria Steinem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barbara Walters, Julia Child, Billie Jean King and many more!! While I do not hold to the views of many women, such as Ginsberg, and Steinem, I value their courage to fight for what they believe, and to make their way in a male dominated world, and create equality for ALL women. As a Christian, I believe that women, while created by God to be a partner, a helper to men, we were NEVER designed by God to be inferior. Among my favorites, is tennis legend Billie Jean King, who successfully fought a discriminating male dominated sport, proving that women are just as athletic as men, if not more so. The end result was that women were given more respect. Because of her courage to stand up to a bully like Bobby Riggs, and the male dominated tennis industry, we now have players such as Kathy Rigby, Martina Hingis, Steffi Graff, Gabriella Sabatini, Maria Sharapovia, the Williams Sisters, and many more. This is a book I not only recommend for women, but for the men who truly value women and what they do.
http://particularpassions.com/Home_Page_QJ0T.html