The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours - Hardcover

Edelman, Marian Wright

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080703102X ISBN 13: 9780807031025

Publisher: Beacon Press, 1992

Synopsis

The founder of the Children's Defense Fund looks at the state of the national soul, arguing that success should be defined by character rather than by consumption and offering twenty-five lessons by which to live. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

"This book is from the heart of a woman who practices each lesson she preaches. It struck a deep chord in me as a mother trying to raise a daughter in difficult times."--Hillary ClintonA"Every parent and every child should read this book to each other."--T. Berry Brazleton, M.D.A"A celebration of the family, a benediction to the young, and an invocation to the nation's conscience."--Jonathan KozolA

About the Author:

Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist, lawyer and author, is the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund which has sought to bring the plight of children to the attention of policy mkers and the public, and has been a vigorous advocate for the creation and funding of programs to improve children’s lives for over twenty years.

Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist, lawyer and author, is the founder of the Children s Defense Fund which has sought to bring the plight of children to the attention of policy mkers and the public, and has been a vigorous advocate for the creation and funding of programs to improve children s lives for over twenty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 080703102X
• ISBN 13: 9780807031025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112