Description: Throughout her life and work, Marian Wright Edelman has been at the heart of this century's most dramatic civil rights and child advocacy struggles. In this transcendent memoir she pays tribute to the extraordinary mentors who helped light her way -- her parents, the lives of community women who gave her love and guidance in her youth, and the many teachers and figures who inspired her education. Illustrated with the author's personal photographs, and including her now famous "Parents' Pledge" and "Twenty Five More Lessons for Life", this stirring memoir is not only a vital addition to the literature of civil rights and child advocacy, but a powerful testament to the value and rewards of serving our nation and its families.

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