Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

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Summary: Quote from Marian Wright Edelman
Review: "How much our daughters need strong role models - women who, in their own time and way, used their talents and followed their passions to help transform our world. This lovely and inspiring book can be read and enjoyed on many levels. I am humbled and honored to be included." - Marian Wright Edelman, President The Children's Defense Fund

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Summary: A Diversity of Influential Women
Review: For one of the first times, we are seeing a coffee table photography book that represents woman in a true - albeit not at all times - pleasant light.

In Mr. Miller's literary offering he gives us a diverse group of women, scientists, actresses, humanitarians and writers, dancers, public figures and entertainers from all walks of life.

The writers in their individual essays present these women - for the good and the bad of them - never holding back their foibles and shortcomings but in the fulness of their personas, the human qualities that we all relate to come shining through.

Reading about why everyone "hates" Martha Stewart or how Colette was ostracized in her own time or that Martha Graham was a "sacred monster" and Billie Holiday and Marilyn Monroe dealt with deep depression, drug addiction and eventual self-destruction is a great equalizer for those women (and men as well) who deal with their daily demons and may feel alone and defeated with their terrors.

These women rose about their fears and criticisms, their rebukes and their trivializations to become the "Legends" we read about.

I for one thank Mr. Miller for this glimpse of truth

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Summary: Great Photos, great words
Review: I got this book as an early Christmas present from my husband. The photographs and essays of the women in the book are really special. The women in the book, both the subjects and the writers, are very inspiring and the photos are strong and beautiful. One of the best gifts I have ever received!

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Summary: Great Book with great portraits!
Review: I got this for my mum once and it is so good.A different author writes about each of the different famous women in the book in only praising tones and it is really great to look through.Each page is a seperate female,author,article and photograph. Some of the sheilas written about are:Marilyn,Audrey Hepburn(as the cover shows you),Twiggy,Anne Frank and lets not forget Mother Theresa.Or Princess Diana.Madonna does not make it into this book,thank the lord,and thankfully neither do big modern-day stars such as Britney Spaniels..I mean Spears.All-in-all as they say!,a very good book!

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Summary: Reveals these women's many contributions to modern society
Review: Legends aptly pairs essays with black and white photos to examine the lives of women who have changed the world - as presented by great women writers such as Meg Cohen, Anne Hollander, Patricia McLaughlan and others. Enjoy an inviting collection of contemporary biographical sketches which reveals these women's many contributions to modern society.

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Summary: Worth a look for the pictures alone.
Review: Rather ironic, really, that the editor of this fine book is a man ~ unless "John Miller" is the nom de guerre of some radical female. Still, editing the book can't have been very hard; Miller had some excellent writers to work with. The selection of the legends is somewhat more questionable. Of the fifty, less then twenty are neither from nor intimately associated with the United States; in the effort to remind people of the ability of the other gender to produce legends, the publishers have largely neglected the largest portion of that gender. And as if that restriction is not enough, the editor has not included anyone for whom a photograph is not available, thus denying any woman from the first 95% of history the opportunity to be a legend. Funnily enough, these censures aside, i really enjoyed this book. Quite unlike the usual "feminist book" (i hate the quotes, but you have to admit they belong there), this is neither strident not shrill, nor even obnoxious. It is beautifully written, nicely put together, with superb selection of wonderful photographs of handsome people. Can't ask for much more than that, eh?

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Summary: Worth a look for the pictures alone.
Review: Rather ironic, really, that the editor of this fine book is a man ~ unless "John Miller" is the nom de guerre of some radical female. Still, editing the book can't have been very hard; Miller had some excellent writers to work with. The selection of the legends is somewhat more questionable. Of the fifty, less then twenty are neither from nor intimately associated with the United States; in the effort to remind people of the ability of the other gender to produce legends, the publishers have largely neglected the largest portion of that gender. And as if that restriction is not enough, the editor has not included anyone for whom a photograph is not available, thus denying any woman from the first 95% of history the opportunity to be a legend. Funnily enough, these censures aside, i really enjoyed this book. Quite unlike the usual "feminist book" (i hate the quotes, but you have to admit they belong there), this is neither strident not shrill, nor even obnoxious. It is beautifully written, nicely put together, with superb selection of wonderful photographs of handsome people. Can't ask for much more than that, eh?