Half-Life of a Zealot

Swanee Hunt

Published by Duke University Press 2006

Half-Life of a Zealot

Swanee Hunt

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822388265

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About this book

An autobiography by Swanee Hunt, daughter of the legendary oil magnate H. L. Hunt, Bill Clinton's Ambassador to Austria, and internationally renowned philanthropist.

Author / Editor information

Swanee Hunt is the founding director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, chair of the Initiative for Inclusive Security (formerly Women Waging Peace), president of the Hunt Alternatives Fund, and a member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and the boards of the International Crisis Group and Amnesty International. The U.S. Ambassador to Austria from 1993 until 1997, she is the author of the award-winning book This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace, also published by Duke University Press. She has written hundreds of articles for American and international print media, including a nationally syndicated column for the Scripps Howard News Service. She has two masters degrees and a doctorate in theology.

Reviews

“For a dozen years I’ve watched Swanee Hunt transform her resources into possibilities for others. This book shows the creative nexus of personal values, political savvy, and global reform that has made hers a life well lived.”—George Soros

“Swanee Hunt is the woman behind the women, supporting their leadership throughout the world. Through them, she touches millions who will never have the privilege of browsing in a bookstore. This beautiful book tells why and how.”—Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia

“Swanee Hunt’s life reads like a novel. Born into a powerful, conservative, and patriarchal American family, a young girl grows up to use her part of that power to support the powerless and to encourage peace and women’s leadership around the world. To discover the fascinating story in between, you must read Half-Life of a Zealot.”—Gloria Steinem

“Often intimate and revealing, Half-Life of a Zealot also looks past Hunt’s own life to confront the challenges facing the world’s women today—from the global perils of poverty and poor healthcare to the more personal challenges that come with juggling kids and a demanding career. Through it all, Hunt’s abiding hope is to engage women in the political process. Her message: think big, ask a lot of questions, and know that you have a place at the table.”

-- Ruthie Ackerman Salon

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1 Roots: Rural and Right Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Two Steps Forward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 3 Finding My Voice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 4 Politics, Prestige, and Peril Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Chapter 5 Queen for a Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Chapter 6 Call Me Swanee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Chapter 7 Tender Mercies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 424
Illustrations
- Other: 25 b&w photos

eBook

Published: October 4, 2006
ISBN: 9780822388265