The remarkable story of a teacher who ran a grassroots campaign for Congress . . . from her sixth-grade classroom “You can’t run for office in this country unless you’re a millionaire or you know a lot of millionaires.” This offhand remark from one of her sixth-grade students dismayed public school teacher Tierney Cahill. When she told the kids that in a democracy anyone can run for office, they dared her to prove it–by running herself. She accepted their challenge on one condition: that they, her students, manage the campaign. A single mom with three kids and more than one job to make ends meet, Cahill was in for a decidedly uphill battle, especially as a Democrat in largely Republican Reno, Nevada. But Cahill had always felt a responsibility to make a positive impact on an increasingly inequitable world. With her eager students leading the way, and a war chest of just seven thousand dollars (compared to opponents with one hundred times the funds), Cahill not only got her name on the ballot but she won the Democratic primary. And as the campaign moved forward, Cahill’s students blossomed beyond her wildest expectations. Ms. Cahill for Congress is the inspiring story of an exceptional teacher who proved that anyone really can run for office–and even without money or connections, make a difference in a great many lives.

Ms. Cahill for Congress: One Fearless Teacher, Her Sixth-Grade Class, and the Election That Changed Their Lives Forever

Biographies & Memoirs

Gross, Linden

Cahill, Tierney

Leaders & Notable People

Ballantine Books

Citing the 150,000 reported "fatal attraction" stalkings in America today, an in-depth study describes several noted cases while offering advice to women on how to recognize potentially dangerous relationships and protect themselves. Original.

To Have or to Harm: True Stories of Stalkers and Their Victims

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

It may start with a chance meeting or a casual smile. It could begin at work, on a blind date, or at the end of a relationship or a marriage. Every year, 3.4 million Americans are stalked by former partners, by co-workers, by strangers. Despite these epidemic numbers, all too often victims’ complaints continue to be ignored. Meanwhile, both the stalking dynamic and the toll it takes continue to be misunderstood.National journalist, bestselling writer and stalking expert Linden Gross provides all the necessary tools readers need to know to handle inappropriate obsessive attention. Readers will discover how to control their natural reactions (which often put victims at a disadvantage), how to stop feeding the obsessive interaction that perpetuates stalking situations, and how to protect their privacy and safety. Gross explains how these dangerous obsessions begin, the patterns they take, how targets can protect themselves, and what potential victims can do before the nightmare becomes a reality. Knowledge is power. Armed with information and perspective, stalking victims can make the decisions and choose the course of action that makes sense for them.If you’re a victim, Surviving a Stalker will teach you:•How to recognize and control actions and reactions that put you at risk•How to handle inappropriate attention online and off•How to protect your privacy and safety as well as the privacy and safety of your loved ones•How to break the stalking cycle and regain control of your lifeIf you’re a professional who deal with stalking, the multitude of case studies in Surviving a Stalker will provide you with a clearer understanding of the crime and the devastating impact it has on its targets. In addition to profiling stalkers and their victims, Surviving a Stalker delves deeper into the subject, offering critical insights on how best to handle stalking while also covering police and legal issues, behavioral and psychological patterns that lead to an escalation of violence.The author was aided in her research by the prominent Los Angeles security advisor, Gavin de Becker, who wrote the book's foreword. De Becker, author of the national bestseller The Gift of Fear, is widely regarded as our nation's leading expert on stalking. His work has earned him three Presidential appointments, as well as a position on a congressional committee on stalking.

Surviving a Stalker: Stay Safe. Avoid Conflict. Regain Your Life.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Incubation Press

From the Back Cover\nFanchon Blake didn't understand what she was getting into when she filed a discrimination complaint against the LAPD with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1973. And she sure didn't realize that the complaint--and she--would make history for women and minorities. She just knew that she would never be able to change the LAPD's discriminatory culture from within. So she sued, thereby initiating one of the country's landmark Title VII cases with little to no help from anyone. That betrayal of the LAPD's codes of silence and loyalty, however, would not go unpunished. Despite the ensuing verbal abuse, silent treatment, and intimidation, she pushed on. Seven years later, her heroic efforts would finally make it possible for women to bust through the brass ceiling. 
"Fanchon Blake has been a hero of mine for many years. The class action [she] spearheaded helped end institutionalized sexual and racial discrimination practices not just in the LAPD, but law enforcement in general. Because of the precedent it set in Civil Rights law, Fanchon's crusade for women's rights has impacted--and improved--workplaces across the country. We owe her our respect and our gratitude." 
Joseph Wambaugh 
Bestselling author of fictional and non-fictional books about policing\nFanchon dreamed of becoming a top cop. She knew she was going places. She had already made a mark in the Army. Why not try a career in law enforcement? In 1948, she joined the LAPD, sure her efforts and talent would be rewarded. Instead, despite long hours and high achievement ratings, she—like all the other women—was not allowed to promote. It got worse from there.\nOver the years, the tenacious police officer tried to challenge the increasingly discriminatory agenda from within. Then she went to the press. When those efforts failed to effect change, she realized there was one last way to try and prevent the LAPD from tacitly becoming an all-white boy’s club. Someone would need to take them to court, and that someone might as well be her.\nWould a lawsuit be the tipping point in establishing equality within the police force? And once Fanchon sued the department, what repercussions would she face for breaking its codes of silence and loyalty?

Busting the Brass Ceiling: How a Heroic Female Cop Changed the Face of Policing

Blake, Fanchon

Community & Culture

Battle for Grace is about a seven-year-old girl who sees Funny Girl and has a dream. To act, to dance and to sing. It’s also about how she becomes a woman whose life is virtually destroyed by a crippling mystery illness and how she fights the institutions that failed her. A woman who has lived an almost impossible love story that began before her illness. Somehow she and the man who is her reason for living, her caregiver and her partner in life have managed to stick together for more than thirty difficult years. Battle for Grace tells how she reinvents herself and turns tragedy into triumph for millions of women worldwide. At the same time, she transforms her life into something more beautiful and meaningful than her original dreams of stardom. Ballerina Cynthia Toussaint’s promising career ended abruptly when a rehearsal injury that caused excruciating pain remained undiagnosed for thirteen years. This left her bedridden for a decade, unable to speak for five of those years and often reduced to uncontrolled violence. Throughout all of this, Toussaint’s claims of pain were discounted by her HMO as being all in her head—a frequent occurrence with women and their doctors. Many people with her illness—sometimes called the Suicide Disease—take their lives instead of contending with the pain. Toussaint’s story is about her refusal to be a victim. She not only fought to survive, she has taken on the role of activist and aggressively challenges the HMOs and pharmaceutical companies that put profit ahead of patient care. Wheelchair bound, she founded a nonprofit and entered the political arena as an advocate for women in pain. Toussaint’s memoir takes the reader on the roller coaster life of a woman who sees every no as a future yes. Despite pain, setbacks, abuse and betrayal, she holds her ground, finding in the process the spotlight she’d always coveted. And a deeper meaning in life than she ever expected.

Battle for Grace: A Memoir of Pain, Redemption and Impossible Love

Toussaint, Cynthia

Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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