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A Call to Action
- Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
- Narrated by: Jimmy Carter
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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The world’s discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter’s call to action.
President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence.
A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter Center has had active projects in more than half of them. Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and poor countries, and among the citizens within them.
Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human suffering. It affects us all.
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In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was 90 percent white, 10 percent African American, with a little more than 100 families who were "other". Currently the African American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than 50 percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually "Americanize".
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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
- By: Sally McMillen
- Narrated by: Barbara Goodson
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the woman's rights movement and change the course of history. The implications of that remarkable convention would be felt around the world - and indeed are still being felt today.
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A Good Listen
- By Kindle Customer on 09-28-18
By: Sally McMillen
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The Making of Asian America
- A History
- By: Erika Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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In the past 50 years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, from the arrival of the first Asians in the Americas to the present-day.
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Great content, terrible narration
- By Mrs. Rdz on 10-24-15
By: Erika Lee
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Heretic
- By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Narrated by: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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What happened to Islamic reform? Why have al Qaeda and Boko Haram become the faces of contemporary Islam? Why has the Arab Spring devolved into a battle over sharia law? Continuing her personal journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard and American citizenship, the New York Times best-selling author of Infidel and Nomad crafts a powerful call for an Islamic reformation as the only way to end the current wave of global violence and repression of women.
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And They Revoked Her Honorary University Degree!
- By Russell on 04-14-15
By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Mothers of Massive Resistance
- White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
- By: Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Examining racial segregation from 1920s to the 1970s, Mothers of Massive Resistance explores the grassroots workers who maintained the system of racial segregation and Jim Crow. For decades in rural communities, in university towns, and in New South cities, white women performed myriad duties that upheld white over black: censoring textbooks, denying marriage certificates, deciding on the racial identity of their neighbors, celebrating school choice, canvassing communities for votes, and lobbying elected officials.
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commendable topic....
- By CB on 10-25-19
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My Own Words
- By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy W. Williams
- Narrated by: Linda Lavin
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and more.
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Spectacularly Dry
- By CMP on 07-27-18
By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and others
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Reconciliation
- Islam, Democracy, and the West
- By: Benazir Bhutto
- Narrated by: Rita Wolf
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of tolerance and justice that lie at the heart of her religion.
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Female Muslim insight
- By Craig Bell on 03-07-08
By: Benazir Bhutto
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America's Real War
- By: Rabbi Daniel Lapin
- Narrated by: Rabbi Daniel Lapin
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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There is a tug of war going on for the future of America. At one end of the rope are those who think America is a secular nation; at the other end are those who believe religion is at the root of our country's foundation. In this audio release of the thought-provoking America's Real War, renowned leader and speaker Rabbi Daniel Lapin encourages America to reembrace the Judeo-Christian values on which our nation was founded and logically demonstrates why those values are crucial to America's strength in the new millennium.
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I really enjoyed the thoughts and information.
- By Anonymous User on 05-28-19
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- John A.
- 10-29-21
A outstanding book
A pivotal book that stands as a testament for the care and protection of women worldwide. Jimmy Carter is an idol. I highly recommend this book.
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- Donna Lynne Strong Brott
- 03-16-17
Timely read!
The time is ripe for women to claim their influence and power in the world. This read is more than an education; it is an inspiration by one of our staunchest supporters. Hearing his words in President Jimmy Carter's sweet Georgian accent is a pleasant bonus. Enjoy & then go make it a better world.
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- Richard
- 03-28-14
Incomprehensible from a western point of view
Like Jimmy Carter as a president or not, like his style of writing or not, this is something that those of us who profess to be Christians, or at least decent human beings should read or listen to. It is easy for people in the west to view women's rights as equal work for equal pay. Not to dismiss this, but in large parts of the world women's the rights women need are the right to equal food, shelter, and safety from pain at the hands of people who profess to act in the name of the God they worship. This is probably why the people who want to control the other half of their population do not want those being controlled to learn to read.
Misinterpreting (or even lying about) the words of holy books was probably practiced since the books were scrolls. So this book is not a diatribe against a religion, it is an indictment of people who hurt other people for their own benefit and justify it by saying but I am just following the holy world. Even though scholars reading the same holy word are saying "no your are not". Somehow none of this discussion is making its way to the poor people who are being raped and starved, etc.
We as Americans and as part of the western civilization are very careful to respect cultures different from our own. But in American states and cities, if a person treated an animal the way the human beings are being treated in the countries noted in Jimmy Carter's book, the offending person would be prosecuted. Even in the most conservative of states.
I don't pretend to have answers, but personally I can't just not look at this ugliness because I am not smart enough to fix it. But as a practical matter, Americans are really stubborn about fixing things once the whole nation decides there is a problem. So as a speck of the American population I am admitting this is a problem, with the knowledge that the western world will find a way to do redress it. Because the people who have convinced themselves that starving and torturing people not only gives them benefits and pleasure, it is a holy duty and are not going to change a thing.
Former President Carter's narration and writing style are so famous that it does not need discussion. But I think he does a good job with this one.
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- Npleaf
- 04-09-15
Excellent
Everyone needs to read this book. President and Mrs. Carter should receive the Nobel Prize for the work they do on behalf of women. Thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-28-19
An Eye Opener
The Author and Narrator being President Carter himself describing real life situations was captivating. The genuine care President Carter exhibits prompted me to contemplate ways that I can contribute.
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- Susan Marx
- 01-08-22
A must read to understand the complexities of the attack on women’s rights
Even though this book is now nearly a decade old, it remains as relevant (and possibly more so) than ever before. President Carter is far ahead of the thinking of moat leaders as he addresses several issues head-on and pragmatically. He also illustrates how no religion is an excuse for the subjugation of women. A must read for human rights and women’s rights practitioners- as well as every man and woman.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-28-22
informative.
It was fun reading a book, written by an author, whose obviously a wonderful human being. I didn't realize how involved he was in women's issues. Over all, a good book.
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- Nobody
- 04-06-14
Narrating best left to professional narrators
Would you try another book from Jimmy Carter and/or Jimmy Carter?
I will elect to buy the hardcopy version of his books
What did you like best about this story?
The author's sharing his experience in dealing with extremely complex issues
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Jimmy Carter?
Any professional narrator. I missed half the book. I will need to buy the hardcopy to get the rest of it
Did A Call to Action inspire you to do anything?
Absolutely; all women should unite in these causes
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- Ronald
- 07-31-15
Elocution is hard to say
I am glad that the author reads his books. It is an honor to hear a great president speak. President Carter should ask Howard Stern for help with the audio quality of the recording. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish his words. More compression helps with elocution.
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- Kristen Smith
- 09-09-18
I now know what it is to be black.
Very inspiring book president Carter is very good at putting his finger on the problem read it then look around you. You will see it. As a woman I have seen this around me and I am an American and as a woman a second class citizen!
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