The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours

by Marian Wright Edelman

Overview

A beautiful gift edition of the number one New York Times bestseller—from the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807096284
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist, lawyer and author, is the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund which has sought to bring the plight of children to the attention of policy mkers and the public, and has been a vigorous advocate for the creation and funding of programs to improve children’s lives for over twenty years.

Editorial Reviews

"...at once a celebration of family, a benediction to the young and an invocation to the nation's conscience...above all, an utterly moral work—an utterance of faith and courage in a time of cynicism and despair."   Jonathan Kozol

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