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Women and philanthropy
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Sondra C. Shaw-Hardy |
"Based on extensive interviews and the authors' combined half-century of experience, this book shares new ways to better engage women in giving, as well as insights into developing women leaders in t… |
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Humanitarians
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Carlotta Hacker |
Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need, including Princess Diana, Dolores Huerta, Helen Keller, Graca Simbine Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mother Teresa. |
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Bunny Mellon
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Meryl Gordon |
"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, o… |
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In the heart of life
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Kathy Eldon |
Relates how the death of the author's photojournalist son at the hands of an angry mob in Somalia led her to transform her grief into something positive by embracing the role of philanthropist and ac… |
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Being a Rockefeller, becoming myself
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Eileen Rockefeller |
"A daughter of American royalty, Eileen Rockefeller is one of the first in her family to write a memoir of growing up with fame and fortune and finding her own voice within its storied history"--
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Diane von Furstenberg
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Gioia Diliberto |
A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the "wrap dress," captured the … |
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Ray & Joan
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Lisa Napoli |
This fall, the movie The Founder will focus the spotlight on Ray Kroc, who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonalds. But what about his wife, Joan, who became famous for giving that fortune awa… |
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The girl who gave her wish away
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Sharon Babineau |
The Children's Wish Foundation approached 13-year-old Maddison Babineau after her cancer diagnosis, offering her anything she wanted. She used her "wish" to help orphaned children in Africa, and desp… |
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Off to save the world
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Ann Blackman |
Biography of Julia Taft, a heroic champion of refugees and other victims of natural and man-made disasters. |
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The force of a feather
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DeEtta Demaratus |
"In the late 1980s, author DeEtta Demaratus stumbled across a story that wouldn't leave her alone. She had been intending to write an article about Biddy Mason, a former slave who, at the time of her… |
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