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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 24, 2018). |
| Summary |
Gina Miller came to prominence when she brought one of the most significant constitutional cases ever to be heard in the British Supreme Court. Gina successfully challenged the UK government's authority to trigger Article 50 - the formal notification to leave the European Union - without parliamentary approval. For standing up for what she believed was right, Miller became the target of not just racist and sexist verbal abuse, but physical threats to her and her family. One question she kept being asked was how could she keep going at the cost of so much pain and aggravation? To her the answer was obvious: she'd been doing it all her life. In Rise, Gina Miller draws on a lifetime of fighting injustice and looks at the moments that made her; the trauma, failures and successes that gave her the confidence in her voice, the ability to know how to use it and the strength not to let others diminish it, even when it came at incredible cost. To those who say one person cannot make a difference, this memoir demonstrates irrefutably how you can. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. How on Earth Did I Get Here? -- 2. The Promised Land -- 3. The Things I Was Going to Do -- 4. Going Public -- 5. Speak Up -- 6. My Father's Daughter -- 7. Bursting the Bully Bubble -- 8. A Homesick Schoolgirl -- 9. Skin and Silence -- 10. The Unelected Opposition -- 11. The 'Former Model' -- 12. Looking the Part -- 13. 'Tough Softness' -- 14. A Strong Woman -- 15. Letting Go -- 16. Is That All You've Got to Put Me Off? -- 17. Not Playing by the Rules -- 18. Pitching Without PowerPoint -- 19. Tell Your Story -- 20. Imposter Syndrome -- 21. #MeToo |
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Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes |
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Miller, Gina, 1965-
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Women political activists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Businesswomen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Businesswomen. (OCoLC)fst00843013
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Women political activists. (OCoLC)fst01178374
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Day, Elizabeth, 1978- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version : 9781786892904 |
| ISBN |
9781786892898 (electronic book) |
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1786892898 (electronic book) |
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