Fight Back And Win By Gloria Allred Summary
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Bibliographic Information
Author: Gloria Allred
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061743573
Publication
Date: 2009-10-13 Introduction “Women who seek to be equal to men lack AMBITION”
About the author
Gloria Rachel Bloom was born in southwest Philadelphia on July 3, 1941. Born and raised up a single child, her father Moris was a door to door salesman with education up to 8th grade. Her mother Stella still continues to be her biggest inspiration. She was an English woman who single headedly left her homeland for a better life …show more content…
in the United States. Unable to get herself educated, she ensured Gloria’s education and was instrumental in making her a strong, independent woman.
After attending Philadelphia High School for Girls, she went to the University of Pennsylvania, where she met first her spouse, Peyton Bray. The union resulted in a single child, Lisa, on September 20, 1961, shortly after which the couple separated. Lisa is now a successful attorney best known as a former Court TV anchor.
She moved back in with her guardians and proceeded with her education. In 1963, she earned a four year certification in English. With support of her teacher, she wrote her honours thesis on Armenian scholars. She attempted her hand at various occupations before she chose to turn into an educator, taking a position at Benjamin Franklin High School. She then took a shot at a graduate degree at New York University. After the completion of which, she proceeded as an educator and, in 1966, moved to Los Angeles, California.
On a short vacation to Acapulco in 1966, Bloom was raped at gunpoint. She discovered she was pregnant and sought Abortion, which was unlawful at that time. The aftermath of the procedure led to haemorrhaging and infections, and she recovered only after hospitalization. In 1968, she got married to William Allred. She rolled herself in South-western University School of Law and later transferred to Loyola University School of Law in
Los Angeles. Allred graduated and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1975. Shortly after it, she divorced her spouse in 1978.
About The Book Voted by fellow lawyers as the best in America and time magazine’s “America’s most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes” Gloria Allred is one of those rare people who are empowered to being way ahead of their times.
she FIGHTS on behalf of EVERY victimised woman against all odds including what she calls the big daddy of all boys ‘the US S4enate’. Sufferer of bad marriages and a rape survivor she has that rare ability to influence any woman by actually setting an example. Fight Back and Win is thus not merely an account person’s life but also, a guide live to live your own by fighting your own battles over coming all odds and coming out with flying colours. The book is a collection of approximately 50 cases Allred has fought and won for women from all walks of life. These are cases of rape, sexual assault, homicides of mothers-to-be etc. As the books proceeds the reader realizes that Gloria has fought for and won some of the most common woman’s rights that are taken for granted today. The Introduction to the book is provided by Lisa Bloom, Gloria’s daughter. In it she answers the most frequently asked question ‘how was the experience to grow up with America’s most influential lawyers?’ She answers it by giving examples of memories from her childhood. In her interesting narrative we encounter Gloria’s honest-to-god unapologetic side when her daughter reveals 2 principles Gloria Allred has taught her by
examples
1.) When you want something and someone in power says no, that’s just the beginning of the conversation.
2.) When you want to go where you are not invited, dress well, hold your head high, act like you belong, and just march right in.
At the end of every chapter there are empowerment lessons which describe how to live life in challenging situations something which even a lay person can relate to. All through her journal, Allred offers alarming cases of fortifying toward oneself from her individual and professional life. Showing some of her most paramount cases, Allred takes us
profound inside the equity framework to demonstrate how its possible to win even despite amazing chances. Her moving genuine stories serve to remind us that winning equality relies
on upon the righteousness of the reason and a singular's readiness to remain up, stand up, and battle back. Fight Back and Win is an influential demonstration of Gloria Allred's trailblazing vocation and the fights she has battled close by incalculable daring people to win equity for every one of us.
What I Learnt from the Book
This book has been instrumental in changing the way I look at things now. With her indomitable spirit Gloria Allred has taught me to never stop fighting for things I believe in are right. And when the time comes when no one supports you, have the courage to go against the flow fight back all obstacles and evince that you can win because in the end absolutely nothing will matter except the fact that you fought back won your own battle against injustice.
Book Review
Registration Number:- 14B183
Submitted To :-Pratima
Bibliographic Information
Author: Gloria Allred
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061743573
Publication
Date: 2009-10-13 Introduction “Women who seek to be equal to men lack AMBITION”
About the author
Gloria Rachel Bloom was born in southwest Philadelphia on July 3, 1941. Born and raised up a single child, her father Moris was a door to door salesman with education up to 8th grade. Her mother Stella still continues to be her biggest inspiration. She was an English woman who single headedly left her homeland for a better life …show more content…
in the United States. Unable to get herself educated, she ensured Gloria’s education and was instrumental in making her a strong, independent woman.
After attending Philadelphia High School for Girls, she went to the University of Pennsylvania, where she met first her spouse, Peyton Bray. The union resulted in a single child, Lisa, on September 20, 1961, shortly after which the couple separated. Lisa is now a successful attorney best known as a former Court TV anchor.
She moved back in with her guardians and proceeded with her education. In 1963, she earned a four year certification in English. With support of her teacher, she wrote her honours thesis on Armenian scholars. She attempted her hand at various occupations before she chose to turn into an educator, taking a position at Benjamin Franklin High School. She then took a shot at a graduate degree at New York University. After the completion of which, she proceeded as an educator and, in 1966, moved to Los Angeles, California.
On a short vacation to Acapulco in 1966, Bloom was raped at gunpoint. She discovered she was pregnant and sought Abortion, which was unlawful at that time. The aftermath of the procedure led to haemorrhaging and infections, and she recovered only after hospitalization. In 1968, she got married to William Allred. She rolled herself in South-western University School of Law and later transferred to Loyola University School of Law in
Los Angeles. Allred graduated and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1975. Shortly after it, she divorced her spouse in 1978.
About The Book Voted by fellow lawyers as the best in America and time magazine’s “America’s most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes” Gloria Allred is one of those rare people who are empowered to being way ahead of their times.
she FIGHTS on behalf of EVERY victimised woman against all odds including what she calls the big daddy of all boys ‘the US S4enate’. Sufferer of bad marriages and a rape survivor she has that rare ability to influence any woman by actually setting an example. Fight Back and Win is thus not merely an account person’s life but also, a guide live to live your own by fighting your own battles over coming all odds and coming out with flying colours. The book is a collection of approximately 50 cases Allred has fought and won for women from all walks of life. These are cases of rape, sexual assault, homicides of mothers-to-be etc. As the books proceeds the reader realizes that Gloria has fought for and won some of the most common woman’s rights that are taken for granted today. The Introduction to the book is provided by Lisa Bloom, Gloria’s daughter. In it she answers the most frequently asked question ‘how was the experience to grow up with America’s most influential lawyers?’ She answers it by giving examples of memories from her childhood. In her interesting narrative we encounter Gloria’s honest-to-god unapologetic side when her daughter reveals 2 principles Gloria Allred has taught her by
examples
1.) When you want something and someone in power says no, that’s just the beginning of the conversation.
2.) When you want to go where you are not invited, dress well, hold your head high, act like you belong, and just march right in.
At the end of every chapter there are empowerment lessons which describe how to live life in challenging situations something which even a lay person can relate to. All through her journal, Allred offers alarming cases of fortifying toward oneself from her individual and professional life. Showing some of her most paramount cases, Allred takes us
profound inside the equity framework to demonstrate how its possible to win even despite amazing chances. Her moving genuine stories serve to remind us that winning equality relies
on upon the righteousness of the reason and a singular's readiness to remain up, stand up, and battle back. Fight Back and Win is an influential demonstration of Gloria Allred's trailblazing vocation and the fights she has battled close by incalculable daring people to win equity for every one of us.
What I Learnt from the Book
This book has been instrumental in changing the way I look at things now. With her indomitable spirit Gloria Allred has taught me to never stop fighting for things I believe in are right. And when the time comes when no one supports you, have the courage to go against the flow fight back all obstacles and evince that you can win because in the end absolutely nothing will matter except the fact that you fought back won your own battle against injustice.