Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women /
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Author / Creator: | Burton, Susan, author. |
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Imprint: | New York ; London : New Press, 2017. |
Description: | xxiii, 304 pages ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11039804 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Part I. Sue
- 1. Now What?
- 2. Land of Opportunity
- 3. Daddy's Girl
- 4. Hit the Road
- 5. The Sacrifice
- 6. Things You Don't Talk About
- 7. The Life
- 8. From the Skillet to the Frying Pan
- 9. No Justice, No Peace
- 10. A New Drug
- 11. Incarceration Nation
- 12. Collateral Damage
- 13. The Revolving Door
- 14. The Vicious Cycle
- 15. Hurt People
- 16. A Tale of Two Systems
- 17. A Way Out
- 18. Finding Purpose
- Part II. Ms. Burton
- 19. A New Way of Life
- 20. The Wall of No
- 21. Who's Profiting from Our Pain?
- 22. Women and Prison
- 23. A Kindred Spirit
- 24. Taking Food off the Table
- 25. Broke Leg House
- 26. From Trash, to Treasure
- 27. All of Us or None
- 28. Treating the Symptoms and the Disease
- 29. The Meaning of Life
- 30. The Women from Orange County
- 31. Being Beholden
- 32. Living an Impossible Life
- 33. The House That Discrimination Built
- 34. Women Organizing for Justice and Opportunity
- 35. What Would Ms. Sybil Brand Think?
- 36. Without Representation
- 37. Prop 47
- 38. The Movement
- 39. The Arc Bends Toward Justice
- Acknowledgments
- Further Reading
- Suggested Resources
- Notes