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Contents

Dedication—To the Next Generation

Women's Wisdom Wheel

Preface—by Tonya Pinkins, Mother, Activist

Introduction—by Beverly Donofrio, Author, Looking for Mary

Prologue

Chapter 1 ~ Stories of Power

  • Word Medicine
  • The Underground
  • Ariel Elizabeth
  • Raisins
  • The Power of NO!
  • She-Bear Power
  • Up, Up with Women

Chapter 2 ~ Stories of Simplicity

  • Word Medicine
  • Red String Goddess
  • The Power of Georgina
  • Snow Baby
  • Mary's Baby Is Our Baby

Chapter 3 ~ Stories of Community

  • Word Medicine
  • Sequoia Marie
  • Young, Old and In Between
  • Team Work
  • Wonder Woman on Halloween
  • Small Village, Big Village
  • Twins and Breech

Chapter 4 ~ Stories of Culture

  • Word Medicine
  • Tonya
  • Julia
  • Living Culture
  • The Many Names of the Great Mother
  • Politics
  • Crossing Borders

Chapter 5 ~ Stories of Babies

  • Word Medicine
  • Guardian Angels
  • A Precious Peanut
  • Baby Breath
  • Little Girls
  • Rebozo Baby

Chapter 6 ~ Stories of Instinct

  • Word Medicine
  • Eyes of the Grandmother
  • Angels and Ancestors
  • Patience
  • Secret Desires in the Heart of a Woman
  • Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy

Chapter 7 ~ Stories for Students

  • Word Medicine
  • Hard-headed
  • The Good and the Bad
  • Women's Work at Night
  • Rest and Wisdom
  • You Never Get a Second Chance
  • Elephant Circle
  • Modern Visionaries
  • Don't Forget to Breathe
  • Chapter 8 ~ Stories of Fear

  • Word Medicine
  • Alicia
  • Amory
  • Saving Lives
  • The Evil Eye and the Limpia
  • Chapter 9 ~ Stories of Courage

  • Word Medicine
  • Echoes of Fears and Fearlessness
  • One More Makes Twenty-one
  • Liberty and Women
  • Planting Corn
  • Chapter 10 ~ Stories of Transformation

  • Word Medicine
  • The Great Belonging
  • One and One Makes Two or More
  • Wombs Cry, Too
  • Super-intuition
  • The Heidi Halo
  • The Trial
  • Chapter 11 ~ Stories through Poems

  • Word Medicine
  • Kalista's Story
  • For Grandmother
  • For Firstborn Tabitha
  • For Missed Baby Dear
  • For Alison
  • My Wish for Women
  • Chapter 12 ~ Stories through Photos

  • Word Medicine

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