Louis, one of the smaller ships of the Hamburg-American Line, as Mother, Dad, my brother Doug, several family friends and the lights of New York City grew smaller and smaller and then disappeared. To those closest to her and to the entire human family.Ĭlick here to read a sample from Just Say YesĬlick here to read ancillary material in the Seminar Room.Ĭopyright © 2010 by Miriam Brooks ButterworthĨ.5" x 11" paperback, 416 pages, large printĪ little past midnight in the early morning of June 11, 1938, I watched from the deck of the St. This is the story of an American woman’s wholehearted commitment Only during such expeditions but also at their cabin on Squam Lake, New We learn that they relished “roughing it,” not Through eastern Canada-and moving on to lengthy travels with their fourĬhildren, whether in the American West or through the British Isles, France, Starting with the honeymoon-a 700-mile canoe trip up the Hudson River and We share their formidable and amusing adventures, Only an English teacher and college professor, but also the author of suchīeloved children’s books as The Enormous Egg and The Trouble Oliver “Bud” Butterworth, who shared her joie de vivre and herĬonvictions during a half century of marriage. In 1940 she married the man she had loved from the time she was a teenager: In life shine through her devotion to the public good-and to her family. In Central America, and the invasion of Iraq. In state and local government, her forthright advocacy for prison reform,Īnd her opposition to the arms race, the conflicts that America was waging This was the beginning of an amazing journey that takes us with her to theġ968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, to the Paris Peace Talks in 1971,Īnd to Beijing on the Peace Train in 1995. Segregation and the witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Where she met Eleanor Roosevelt and became concerned about such issues as Third Reich in 1938 as a visiting student from Connecticut College, followedīy participation in the American Youth Congress of 1939 in Washington, D.C., She describes what it was like to experience Hitler’s The privations of the Great Depression, the social programs of the New Deal,Īnd the other forces which shaped her into an idealistic young woman whoĮvolved into an activist. Near the end of the First World War, painting a vivid picture of her family, She takes us through a Connecticut girlhood that began She tells the story of what she calls ‘ordinary people,’ who turn out toīe extraordinary. Just Say Yes, an inspiring memoir richly illuminated with photographs. Now, in her still vigorous ninth decade, Mims Butterworth has given us Or promote peace among nations, she has responded with a resounding ‘Yes!’ Heard the call to help improve the lives of society’s victims, defend theĬivil liberties of all citizens, lobby for the protection of the environment, The joys of family and friends, she has seized it. Her knowledge of the world, to take up a challenging adventure, or to embrace Has presented Miriam ‘Mims’ Brooks Butterworth with an opportunity to deepen Hartford area luminary, says this of Just Say Yes: “Whenever life Gene Gaddis, who authored a memorable biography of Chick Austin, another Theīook is illuminated with over 300 photographs and also a number of illustrations The author, a woman of prodigious powers in political, humanitarian andĮducational arenas, but also a most generous and joyful human being. We meet her late husband, Oliver Butterworth, author of “The EnormousĮgg,” along with her extended family. To a cultural and political history of the Twentieth Century. Of a long and richly engaged life, Miriam (Mims) Butterworth treats us In Just Say Yes, the lively, fascinating, and moving re-creation Antrim House Books: Just Say Yes - A Memoir By Miriam Brooks Butterworth
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