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Book SynopsisBefore Drucilla Cornell''s mother died, she asked her daughter to write a book, that would bear witness to the dignity of her death and that her bridge class would be able to understand. Shortly thereafter, Cornell''s mother, who had degenerative disease, decided to claim her right to die. Forceful, honest, and unsentimental, this is the book that Cornell promised to write. The fundamental argument of Between Women and Generations is that all women have dignity: we must ensure that they have the conditions under which they can claim that dignity in their own lives; even if they are physically harmed or morally wronged, their dignity cannot be lost. Cornell uses the personal as a springboard to discuss contemporary issues concerning women today. She engages with the difficult nature of intergenerational relationships between women by writing about her relationship to her own mother. In telling the story of her adoption of Sarita Graciela Kellow Cornell, her Paraguayan daughter, and o
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 The Inheritance of Dreams Chapter 4 Darings of the Feminine Chapter 5 The Art of Witnesssing and the Community of the Ought to Be Chapter 6 Cooperation for Dignified Labor: Moving toward Unity Chapter 7 Stories of Unity Chapter 8 Abiding by Last Rights Chapter 9 Appendices Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index
