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lauraellis's review
3.0
Dr. Height was a very amazing woman, one who saw clearly the challenges and problems of racism, and the hurt and harm that it has done (and continues to do) to African-Americans, while at the same time retaining an optimistic outlook, a belief in the power of action, of being able to make change happen even in the face of seemingly implacable challenges of institutional racism that remain after a life of hard work.
She was also a very singular person. I suspect very few people have her capacity for hard relentless work.
A good book, particularly a work of non-fiction, can be discerned by the interest it sparks in its reader to follow up on other subjects. After reading this, I am interested in reading biographies of Dr. Height, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, and learning more about the YWCA, Girl Scouts (Dr. Height was not one, but all her life she worked primarily through women's organizations), and African-American sororities, and visiting the Bethune museum.
She was also a very singular person. I suspect very few people have her capacity for hard relentless work.
A good book, particularly a work of non-fiction, can be discerned by the interest it sparks in its reader to follow up on other subjects. After reading this, I am interested in reading biographies of Dr. Height, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, and learning more about the YWCA, Girl Scouts (Dr. Height was not one, but all her life she worked primarily through women's organizations), and African-American sororities, and visiting the Bethune museum.
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