In Their Own Words

"With a title that echoes that of an essential feminist work, Our Bodies, Ourselves, this colorful and appealing international survey of young women's art and writing goes beyond issues related to women's bodies to focus on dreams, ideas, and convictions. This reflects the heartening fact that never before have so many women been as well educated, gainfully employed, well traveled, and empowered. Curious about just how different the lives of women in their twenties and thirties are from preceding generations, editor Goldman, with the support of the International Museum of Women in San Francisco, sent out a query via the Internet asking, 'What defines your generation of women?' From several thousand replies, Goldman and her international editorial team selected more than 100 expressive submissions from women living in 57 countries around the globe. Replete with a wise and celebratory introduction by Isabel Allende and photographs and concise profiles of each contributor, this zestful volume presents women artists, musicians, poets, photographers, journalists, activists, teachers, and athletes. Some are famous, many have intriguing backgrounds, and all are creative, adventurous, and confident individuals who share "common visions and strategies" for engendering a freer, more tolerant, better-informed, and more hopeful world." (Reviewed by Donna Seaman. Copyright by the American Library Association.)