[PDF] The Autobiography Of A Working Woman eBook

Author : Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804706063

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Within the common destiny is the individual destiny. So it is that through the telling of one Chinese peasant woman's life, a vivid vision of Chinese history and culture is illuminated. Over the course of two years, Ida Pruitt--a bicultural social worker, writer, and contributor to Sino-American understanding--visited with Ning Lao T'ai-ta'i, three times a week for breakfast. These meetings, originally intended to elucidate for Pruitt traditional Chinese family customs of which Lao T'ai-t'ai possessed some insight, became the foundation for an enduring friendship. As Lao T'ai-t'ai described the cultural customs of her family, and of the broader community of which they were a part, she invoked episodes from her own personal history to illustrate these customs, until eventually the whole of her life lay open before her new confidante. Pruitt documented this story, casting light not only onto Lao T'ai-t'ai's own biography, but onto the character of life for the common man of China, writ large. The final product is a portrayal of China that is "vividly and humanly revealed."

Author : Adelheid Popp
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781296493004

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Author : Adelheid (Dworak) Frau Popp, 1869
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781360482392

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Adelheid Popp
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781332540549

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Excerpt from The Autobiography of a Working Woman "A Delheid Popp" is a name that has a far away sound, and a superficial reading of this "Autobiography of a Working Woman" may confirm the sense of remoteness. Vienna is far away from America. The conditions of a working woman there are necessarily somewhat different from those of a working woman in New York or Chicago. The conditions of the latter may be somewhat less dismal, but the differences are superficial, the similarities are profound. We rejoice in the appearance of an American edition of this marvelous autobiography, which, judged from a literary standpoint, has the freshness, power, and originality that characterize genius. The very simplicity, directness, frankness, and insight, prove the unconscious, and on that account unpretentious, power of this unsophisticated woman, which broke through her illiteracy and thwarting obstacles by the power of suffering and disinterested service. Here is the story of a "working woman" who has felt the bitterness of hard, unrelenting toil, and out of the agony of such a life has been brought into sympathy with the Gospel side of co-operation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Adelheid Popp
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 2014-03-13
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ISBN : 9781293833858

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