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100 1 _aMason, Mary Grimley.
245 1 0 _aWorking against odds :
_bstories of disabled women's work lives /
_cMary Grimley Mason ; with a foreword by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.
260 _aBoston :
_bNortheastern University Press,
_cc2004.
300 _axiv, 183 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aPART 1 : THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES : Debbie: "My disability is not who I am. It's something I happen to have" -- Elaine: "We've lived with this disability all our lives; we know what our bodies feel" -- Virginia: "[This was] "my first inkling of what it was like to have a difference" -- Doris: "A friend said, 'I've always been amazed that you continue to reinvent yourself'" -- Louisa: "I don't have to make an apology" -- Alice: "I have come a long way. I am so proud of myself." PART 2 : THE WAY THE WORLD SEES US : Helen: "You are put into this box" -- Barbara: "You need to know I feel invisible in this room" -- June: "Two worlds colliding" -- Robin: "I don't think any able bodied person really understands what is involved in becoming disabled" -- Eleanor: " I used to shut out hearing people and stay within deaf circles of friends, but I was wrong." -- Carol: "What do you mean there is something wrong with you?" PART 3 :THE WAY WE WORK : Adrienne: "I love going to work" -- Sally: "When I ended up in a wheelchair, I knew absolutely that I had to change my image" -- Kristen: "I just really think that if you have a visible disability and you plan on getting a job, you're not going to get a job" -- Judith: "We need a new definition of work" -- Alicia: "Find your own life work" -- Lauren: "I was a complete workaholic. That's all I did was my business."
650 0 _aWomen with disabilities
_zUnited States
_xPsychology.
650 0 _aWomen with disabilities
_zUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aDiscrimination against people with disabilities
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWomen with disabilities
_xEmployment
_zUnited States.
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