Woman: Collected Essays

By Erma Cuizon (Author)

Quick Overview

The book is a collection of essays on the woman as part of the society, with rights due to her. The Filipino woman is one of the freest women in Asia but she doesn't stop safeguarding her rights within her lifetime and for the next generations who want to be heard, to survivors of hard family life. In this collection are the voices of women in the world from leaders of women's movements, like Betty Friedan and Ellen Goodman, to political leaders like Cory Aquino, to a simple widow named Estella whose second husband left her and she earned money to feed her children by winning in boxing matches in a town in Mindanao.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erma M. Cuizon has published two books of essays, a collection of short stories and novel, the last on the short list of nominations for the National Book Award. She also put together an anthology of essays by writers in Mindanao and the Visayas and a compilation of short stories by women writers, in particular, members of the Women in Literary Arts (WILA), the only women writers' organization in the country, she is the editorial consultant of Sun Star Cebu in its Cebu office.

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