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12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children And Changed History
Thomas Nelson
March 2008
On Sale: March 4, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 078522324X
EAN: 9780785223245
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Life lessons from single mothers throughout history
form the inspiration for single mothers today.
Single moms are not just a product of our modern culture.
There have been single mothers throughout history, women who
have raised not only their children but also nations with a
higher vision for life. Holding Her Head High
recounts stories of twelve such women from the third to the
twenty-first centuries, women who found ways to twist their
fates to represent God's destiny for their lives.
These uniquely powerful, brave women, within the scope of
their own world and times, are like the ninety-nine percent
of single mothers today who never intended to carry that
distinction. They are abandoned, widowed, or divorced, all
carrying wounds, yet they also all found ways to exhibit
courage, kindness, dignity, and faith to heal themselves by
healing others. Actress Janine Turner, herself a
single mother, describes the social implications for women
and children from the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages
to Pioneer days, including a single mother of slavery.
Stories from women like Rachel Lavein Fawcett, abandoned
single mother of Alexander Hamilton; Abagail Adams, a
wartime widow; Harriet Jacobs, an unwed mother of slavery
whose autobiography was published the year the Civil War
began; and widowed Belva Lockwood, the first woman to
officially run for President, all carrying wounds but all
offering insight, wisdom, and encouragement. Lessons
include: - Listen for God's higher calling
- Hold your head high
- Dare to dream
- Champion your children
- Heal with humor
- Don't Give Up Before the Miracle
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