{"product_id":"fire-in-my-soul-9780743407878","title":"Fire in My Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is the remarkable story of U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton -- impassioned civil rights activist  hard-driving legislator  and one of the most powerful women in American history. They call her the \"Warrior on the Hill \" acknowledging the battles shes waged as a political pioneer across more than four decades of American history. Perhaps more than anyone else  she has taken to heart Eleanor Roosevelts famous pronouncement that \"every political woman needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.\" Joan Steinau Lester shared much of the last forty years with Eleanor Holmes Norton. They met in 1958 when they were both students at Antioch College. Now an acclaimed author  Lester shares her friendship with the congresswoman and tells the story of one womans rise to leadership. Charting forty years of political and personal challenge  Fire in My Soul shows Norton marching on the Capitol to demand a Senate hearing for Anita Hill; grilling Army generals about sex abuse; arguing before the Supreme Court to uphold first amendment rights  even for a segregationist; and much more. Nortons story is organically linked to Washington  D.C.  home to her family for four generations  and reveals why she is now the voice of the city. This fascinating biography  told largely in Nortons words  showcases as never before the many facets of a woman who remains an iconic torch-bearer for the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Scores of conversations with Norton and nearly a hundred interviews with colleagues  family  and friends have made Fire in My Soul a remarkable document of how one extraordinary woman helped to effect lasting change in the ways we interact across racial and gender lines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647612379189,"sku":"ByrdShop_0743407873","price":51.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780743407878.jpg?v=1781695682","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fire-in-my-soul-9780743407878","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}