In December 2012, 89-year-old Beate Sirota Gordon knew she was dying. The women's rights advocate and tireless promoter of cross-cultural exchange in the arts was ill at home in the New York borough of Manhattan. Yet, she pulled herself out of bed one morning, dressed formally and sat in a chair to await a phone call she was expecting from the Asahi Shimbun in Japan — not wanting to miss a last chance to speak out for women's rights, and Article 9 of the Constitution.
The Only Woman in the Room, by Beate Sirota Gordon.
university of chicago press, Nonfiction.
Rating: ★★★★★