Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours and eight other books. She is the winner of many awards for her work, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, a Heinz Award, and a Niebuhr Award. In 2000, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for...See more
Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours and eight other books. She is the winner of many awards for her work, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, a Heinz Award, and a Niebuhr Award. In 2000, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings. Edelman is a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School. She and her husband live in Washington, DC, and have three children and four grandchildren. See less
Marian Wright Edelman's Featured Books
Marian Wright Edelman book reviews
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Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters
Superb, Fascinating!
by WMAlumna, Mar 12, 2009
Anyone, no matter who, can appreciate the intimacy one can get reading letters of people from history, some well known, others less known. Categorizing by subject and chronology is a real convenience ... Read More
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The Measure of Our Success: Letter to My Children and Yours
A Message We Need to Pass to the Next Generation
by dlberek, Dec 19, 2008
Drawing from inspirational experiences from her own childhood, Dr. Edelman talks to (not at) her own children, urging them, in whatever occupation they may choose, to serve the community at large. ... Read More
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Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors
Enlightening!
by dlberek, Nov 23, 2008
For centuries, sailors have relied on the constellations of heavenly lanterns to guide their way. In crisp, vivid prose, Marian Wright Edelman tells us about the heroes who provided beacons of hope ... Read More
