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Fight Back and Win (Abridged): My Thirty-Year Fight Against Injustice—And How You Can Win Your Own Battles Audiobook
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World-renowned women's rights attorney and civil rights advocate Gloria Allred shares
empowering life lessons learned while fighting on the front lines for victims' rights
Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time as ""one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes,"" Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights across boundaries of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and social class. She has taken on countless institutions to promote equality, including the Boy Scouts, the Friars Club, and the United States Senate, often drawing from her creativity and wit to achieve results. And as the attorney for numerous high-profile clients, Allred has helped victims assert and protect their rights.
Presenting nearly fifty of her most memorable cases, she takes us deep inside the justice system to show how it's possible to win even in the face of staggering odds, while revealing how much further we still have to go to empower all members of society. Fight Back and Win is a powerful testament to Gloria Allred's trailblazing career and the battles she has fought alongside countless brave individuals to win justice for us all.
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"She's as good a writer as she is a speaker. She is one gutsy woman.I thought her book was very good. I probably would never have read it, had I not heard her speak in person."
— Solkon (4 out of 5 stars)
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“For decades, Gloria Allred has been at the forefront of the battle to prevent discrimination and domestic abuse and protect individual rights. Fearless and indomitable, she brings passion and insight to these critical issues affecting all Americans.”
— Catherine Crier, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Game -
“Gloria Allred’s Fight Back and Win isn’t just a memoir of her career as a prominent civil and equal rights attorney; it’s a tutorial empowered by her hard-won lessons on how it’s possible to fight injustice...Allred’s strategies can be used to help assure equal across boundaries of gender, race, and social class.”
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“Gloria Allred is the most passionate, committed, and successful champion of women’s rights and civil rights in this nation. An exciting must read for those who want to learn how to win their own battles.”
— Robert H. Philibosian, former district attorney of Los Angeles County -
“Shy victims everywhere should listen repeatedly to this well-organized audio...eye-opening, fast-moving...A must hear for anyone thinking about fighting in any arena for his or her legal or personal rights.”
— AudioFile
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" I don't always agree with Ms. Allread's pooint of view but reading about her famous cases from someone with legal background and perspective was really interesting. "
— Jacqueline, 1/13/2011 -
" The book gives her perspective on the major issues she has been involved with, which is nice since all I ever hear are radio commentators bashing on her. I side with them even more so after having read this, but now I have an informed opinion. So that's good. "
— Nathan, 12/28/2007
About Gloria Allred
Gloria Allred is the most prominent women’s rights attorney in the United States and is one of the highest-profile attorneys in the world. She has been a television commentator on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and Court TV and is a three-time Emmy nominee for her television commentary on KABC Television Eyewitness News in Los Angeles. She was rated one of the most important radio talk show hosts in America by USA Today, and she has won the President’s Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers and the 1986 President’s Volunteer Action Award for her work in child support enforcement, presented to her by President Ronald Reagan at the White House. A founding partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, Allred lives in Southern California.