Marge piercy biography of mahatma gandhi

          Strategist of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule, lawyer, journalist, and spiritual leader (guru), Gandhi is arguably the main....

          Marge Piercy

          American novelist and poet (born 1936)

          Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer.

          Mahatma Gandhi · There is nothing permanent except change.

        1. The chapter tells us about the leadership shown by Mahatma Gandhi to secure justice for the oppressed people through convincing argumentation and negotiation.
        2. Strategist of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule, lawyer, journalist, and spiritual leader (guru), Gandhi is arguably the main.
        3. English ; Binding · Hardcover ; Publisher · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Genre · Literary Criticism ; ISBN · ,
        4. The life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi reminds us of our spiritual power, the power that comes from holding a vision of humanity so high and sustaining that.

          5. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II.

          Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Marxist social and political activism, and feminist ideals.

          Life

          Family and her early life

          Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan,[1] to Bert Piercy and Robert Piercy.[2][3] While her father was non-religious from a Presbyterian background, she was raised Jewish by her mother and her Orthodox Jewish maternal grandmother, who gave Piercy the Hebrew name of Marah.[4]

          On her childhood and Jewish identity, Piercy said: "Jews and blacks were always lumped together when I grew up.

          I didn’t grow up 'white.' Jews weren't white