Between Women and Generations: Legacies of Dignity Book

Drucilla Cornells mother died, she asked her daughter to write a book that would bear witness to the dignity of her death [and one that] her bridge class would be able to understand. Shortly thereafter, Cornells mother, who had a degenerative disease, decided to end her life by ingesting a lethal cocktail of drugs. Forceful, honest, and unsentimental, this is the book that Cornell promised to write. ornell uses her personal life as a springboard to talk about contemporary issues concerning women today. For instance, she discusses the sometimes difficult nature of intergenerational relationships between women by writing candidly about her relationship with her own mother. Cornell also writes of her decision to adopt a nonwestern child and of her commitment to UNITY, a cooperative of house cleaners in Long Island, New York. Woven together, these stories create a powerful picture of the meaning of dignity between women.Read More