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Author_Mary Gardiner Jones
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761839040
- Weight: 508g
- Dimensions: 161 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2007
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Tearing Down Walls: A Woman's Triumph is a brave and honest look back at the breakthroughs that have marked Mary Gardiner Jones' whole life. From breaking free of a forceful and domineering mother who saw only marriage in her daughter's future, dealing with the stigma and loss of an absent, alcoholic father, to confronting and overcoming workplace gender barriers that appeared at every step of her legal and governmental career. The book examines the psychological impact that her elitist background and work experiences had on her personal development, and describes her psychoanalysis and the role that it played throughout her life to help her heal emotional scars. These memoirs bring a practitioner's approach to scholarly issues. The book is a celebration of one brilliant and determined woman's successes, a careful in-depth and comprehensive review of her major career milestones.
Mary Gardiner Jones, attorney, corporate executive, former Federal Trade Commissioner (1964–1973) and public service advocate has specialized all her life in legal, regulatory, and consumer issues relating to antitrust, mental health, aging, and the use of telecommunications to promote the delivery of health care services to seniors and disadvantaged persons in their homes.
