Creating Civil Union: Opening Hearts and Minds [Paperback]

Linda Hollingdale (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0972286004 | ISBN-13: 978-0972286008 | Publication Date: September 27, 2002 | Edition: 1st

This photo/essay collection chronicles the work of supportive Vermonters during the fight for gay/lesbian marriage which resulted in the civil union law. The essays and photographs help put a human face on this controversial issue. Gay men, lesbians, and straight allies offer personal perspectives on their courageous work. This book highlights an important part of this civil rights struggle.

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About the Author

Linda Hollingdale made her first pictures with a hand-me-down Kodak Brownie when she was nine years old. She began doing darkroom work when she was in college and has continued her art for thirty years. Creating Civil Union is her first book, which she describes as a labor of love and a project that is dedicated to the fight for gay/lesbian civil rights.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Common Humanity Press, LLC; 1st edition (September 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972286004
• ISBN-13: 978-0972286008
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,703,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ATTENTION!!!! Equal Rights Activists....., November 15, 2002

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This review is from: Creating Civil Union: Opening Hearts and Minds (Paperback)

Linda Hollingdale's collection of essays and photographs is absolutely amazing in how it portrays the legislative struggle for Vermont's historic Civil Union from ALL perspectives.
Not only does this book bring one the awareness of this struggle, but also gives one the opportunity to "open their minds" to common humanity as a whole. Just when you think you've become so absorbed in the process of how civil unions came to be, the challenges overcome and rewards achieved, you begin to comtemplate what equal rights of ALL citizens is really about.
I would definitely recommended this book for all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful step towards understanding., December 13, 2002

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David H. Landers (Winooski Park, Colchester, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Civil Union: Opening Hearts and Minds (Paperback)

Ms. Hollingdale's work provides the reader with intensely powerful essays and pictures that almost "forces" one to stop and spend time with each picture. I couldn't just glance through this book - it takes time, emotion and a willingness to open one's heart and mind. The stories AND the pictures, when combined, create a level of understanding that I had not even experienced prior to her book. I know several of the people portrayed in her book but putting all of these faces together with their very personal journeys into ONE book lets the reader truly get a picture of this historic struggle for a more "civil union".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why the Struggle for Civil Union in Vermont?, December 9, 2002

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This review is from: Creating Civil Union: Opening Hearts and Minds (Paperback)

This book answers the question, "Why did Vermont work so hard for Civil Union?"; and it answers it from every possible point of view. Ms. Hollingdale has done a remarkable job collecting the thoughts and feelings of legislators, educators, citizens, parents and others, to explain the desire, the need, and the struggle for Civil Union. This is a beautiful book! The photographs are stunning in their simplicity and yet the emotions are overwhelming. It is a piece of history and a work of art at the same time.