Dave Lim Lim itibaren 美国俄克拉何马阿夫顿邮政编码: 74331
This is a hilarious book written by a thick Jewish woman who tells it like it is for us bigger girls out there...she is unfailingly honest, intelligent, and witty, which is a great combination when you're tackling such a sensitive issue. She preaches about living the kind of life you want to live RIGHT NOW instead of waiting for a better, skinnier tomorrow. Amem, sista friend.
Just contemplate the following: building occupancy codes fire escapes & fire protection for buildings Social Security unemployment insurance worker's compensation minimum wage laws maximum hour laws & overtime pay Fair Labor Standards Act Wagner Act permitted labor organizing and forming NLRB National Recovery Act You might think all of these should be associated with Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, but you'd be only half right. The first woman Cabinet member, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, was the most instrumental person in getting all of this legislation passed. In fact, she only accepted the Cabinet position if FDR agreed to help her pass this social legislation. And her greatest professional disappointment was not passing National Health Insurance...in 1935. In addition, she was the most vocal supporter of bringing German Jews into the U.S. in the 1930s when the Immigration office was part of the Labor Department...stymied by the State Department and FDR. She warned the State Department in the mid-1930s that France would not hold out against Germany based on her reading of the situation as a trained (by Jane Addams) social worker talking to the people. She suffered for all of this personally and professionally. Get this...Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to luncheons with the Cabinet WIVES! as the socially appropriate place for her. Other Cabinet members wanted her out of the Cabinet because they couldn't talk the way they wanted "because there was a lady present". Admittedly her personal/home life was less than perfect. She overindulged her daughter and both husband and daughter suffered from bi-polar disorder. She was constantly short of money and relied on others to provide her with appropriate living accommodations. Once she left government employment, no one would hire her permanently, just temporary teaching positions...which she kept doing well into her 80s. If you consider yourself a feminist or have any interest in important women role models, this book is for you. After 400 pages, I only want to know more.