{"id":10721,"date":"2023-03-06T14:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifebookmemoir.wpengine.com\/love-and-the-lifebook-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T12:54:04","slug":"amazing-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/amazing-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Amazing Women<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

US First Lady Michelle Obama once said, \u201cThere is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.\u201d Her astute observation certainly applies to the female LifeBook Memoirs authors whose stories we have been
privileged to write.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The month of March brings two dates that are close to our hearts at LifeBook Memoirs: World Book Day on 2nd March and International Women\u2019s Day on 8th March. World Book Day aims to inspire a love of reading in children and young people with great books and stories, and, in so doing, to improve their life chances. Similarly, International Women\u2019s Day hopes to improve the lives of women across the world by, among other objectives, celebrating their achievements.<\/p>

At LifeBook Memoirs, good stories matter to us, and so many of the life stories we hear come from truly amazing women. We would like to celebrate their stories and their achievements today.<\/p>

Here are just a few of the things that our amazing female authors have done:<\/p>

Given birth to children<\/em><\/p>

Raised children<\/em><\/p>

Raised children alone<\/em><\/p>

Worked while raising children<\/em><\/p>

Cleaned, washed, gardened, shopped, cooked \u2026 the list goes on<\/em><\/p>

Escaped from Nazi-occupied Germany and USSR-occupied Poland<\/em><\/p>

Survived Nazi-occupied France<\/em><\/p>

Run Scout, Guide, Brownie and Cub groups<\/em><\/p>

Launched successful businesses<\/em><\/p>

Managed drama schools<\/em><\/p>

Headed departments<\/em><\/p>

Founded nurseries<\/em><\/p>

Governed schools<\/em><\/p>

Led churches<\/em><\/p>

Run hotels<\/em><\/p>

Taught children to play<\/em><\/p>

Taught children to read<\/em><\/p>

Campaigned for safer roads<\/em><\/p>

Campaigned against apartheid<\/em><\/p>

Travelled the world alone<\/em><\/p>

Gambled<\/em><\/p>

Got married<\/em><\/p>

Got married twice<\/em><\/p>

Got married a third time<\/em><\/p>

Tried marriage a fourth time<\/em><\/p>

Survived crippling childhood illnesses<\/em><\/p>

Cared for neglected children in Romanian orphanages<\/em><\/p>

Started support centres for rape victims<\/em><\/p>

Counselled AIDS sufferers<\/em><\/p>

Worked on ChildLine<\/em><\/p>

Worked as nurses<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 doctors<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 models<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 lawyers<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 teachers<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 pop stars<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 midwives<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 musicians<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 therapists<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 housewives<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 policewomen<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 magistrates<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 social workers<\/em><\/p>

\u2026 the first women in \u2018male\u2019 professions<\/em><\/p>

Narrowly avoided being blown up by doodlebugs<\/em><\/p>

Overcame limited education<\/em><\/p>

Taught women a trade in Zambia<\/em><\/p>

Taught in schools, colleges and universities<\/em><\/p>

Completed higher degrees as mature students<\/em><\/p>

Joined the army<\/em><\/p>

Mended army trucks<\/em><\/p>

Drove army trucks<\/em><\/p>

Made cakes<\/em><\/p>

Made families<\/em><\/p>

Embraced life<\/em><\/p>

We could go on \u2026 !<\/p>

As you can see, our female authors have overcome grave difficulties just to survive and succeed. They have held significant positions in society and accomplished a great many impressive feats. Equally if not more striking, though, is the number of amazing things that women do which are not what the world generally considers to be \u2018spectacular\u2019 or even particularly important. At LifeBook Memoirs, however, we value very highly women\u2019s stories of raising and loving children, of \u2018holding the fort\u2019 at home and of being a woman during times of social, educational and workplace inequity.<\/p>

We particularly love to hear stories about women\u2019s experiences back in the days when they were young. Tales abound of 1940s medical treatments, 1950s petticoats, 1960s bouffants, early automatic washing machines, lavatory arrangements in colonial Africa, the fact that only men could sign hire purchase agreements on new cookers in the 1970s \u2026<\/p>

The lives of ou\"\"r female authors span 100 years of enormous social change, and, for some, this has been quite poignant. Colleen Witkin, in her book, Being Oneself<\/em>, describes working as a model in the 1950s and observes that, \u201cI was \u2018just\u2019 a model and a pretty face. Not only did other people think I had nothing in my head, but I think I felt that about myself as well.\u201d Many years later, with some difficult times behind her but some widening horizons for women ahead of her, she built a successful professional career for herself, and, in so doing, demonstrated that she is far from being \u2018just\u2019 a pretty face.<\/p>

Colleen\u2019s story is one of many we\u2019ve encountered that reveal so much about how women have changed the world and how much expectations and ambitions have grown. Successful businesswoman, teacher and current LifeBook Memoirs author LDM is, she says, writing her book for her granddaughter and great-granddaughters because she wants them to know that \u201cThe world is their oyster.\u201d If, she says, they don\u2019t wait around for \u201cPrince Charming to rush in and save them or support them, then they will be happy, independent, free women!\u201d<\/p>

One day in the future, LDM\u2019s great-granddaughters and the future relatives of every woman who has ever sat down to write her LifeBook might open up their forebears\u2019 life stories and start reading them. Inside the covers, they will discover that the person they thought of as just a little old woman was, in fact, a vibrant, lively, clever and resilient person with a life crammed full of all the struggles, countless small acts of love and rich experiences that make an amazing woman. Everybody has an interesting story, LDM says, and everybody should write it down.\"\"<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Kate Parry, LifeBook Memoirs editor\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

We are here to answer any questions you may have about our private autobiographies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
Here are three ways to start the conversation:<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

1. Call now<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t +44 (0)330 818 2154<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

2. Book a convenient consultation call<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONSULTATION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCall Now <\/strong> +44 (0)330 818 2154<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

3. Ask a question<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t