Life lessons my mother taught me / by Andrea Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Andrea, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Jean Childs--Philosophy.

Young, Jean Childs.

Young, Jean Childs--Anecdotes.

Young, Andrew, 1932-.

African American women--Conduct of life.

African American women.

African American mothers--Biography--Anecdotes.

African American mothers.

Young, Andrea, 1955-.

Young, Andrea.

Daughters--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.

Daughters.

Young, Andrew, 1932---Family.

Young, Andrew.

Families.

Philosophy.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putman, 2000.

Summary:

Jean Young, a respected advocate in the civil rights and children's rights movements, was so beloved by friends and colleagues that when former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young ran for Congress, he was known in parts of the South as "Jean's husband." After Jean's death, her daughter Andrea came to realize the enormous legacy her mother had left--the values of truth, love, integrity, and faith with which she had been brought up in tiny post-Depression Marion, Alabama.

Contents:

Wear Lipstick 9

A 50:50 Marriage Will Not Work 25

Resistance Is a Way of Life 41

Play to Win 55

Go to Church 71

Live Your Own Life 85

Children First 99

Serve 115

Every Child Can Learn 131

A Kiss Will Make It Better 149

Be a Homemaker, Not a Housewife 161

Don't Feel Guilty 173

Tell the Truth 183

Do Your Best 193

A Girl's Best Friend Is Her Mother 205

Know Your History 217

Work Is Love Made Visible 229

Die with Grace and Courage 241.

Notes:

Published simultaneously in Canada.

ISBN:

1585420077

OCLC:

42649697