Ann Dowsett Johnston
Auteur van Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
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Fotografie: Used on the author's Twitter and her personal website.
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Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Plaats van overlijden
- 1953
- Woonplaatsen
- Toronto, Canada
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- Queen's University
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- McGill University
Maclean's Magazine - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy
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None of this is revolutionary, just things I wouldn't have thought of without being shown what has happened. She starts with her story and gives more details about her life throughout the book but includes a lot of anecdotes from other women she has talked to in her research for this book.
A big take away from this book is the stigma that surrounds alcoholism in North America especially when it comes to women. Very few women allowed their real names to be used in association with their stories. In addition, every woman she talked to and asked, would you rather people know you had depression or were an alcoholic, chose depression.… (meer)