Barbara K. Roberts

A Voice for Equity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: NewSage Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780939165834
• ISBN-10: 093916583X
• Artikelnr.: 63736797

Autorenporträt

Barbara Roberts was elected the 34th Governor of Oregon in 1990, becoming the first woman governor in her state and one of the first ten women governors in the nation. Previously, she held public office for twenty-four years, including ten years as a public-school board member, a community-college board member, a county commissioner, a state representative, and the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Oregon House of Representatives. In addition, Roberts was elected to two terms as Oregon Secretaryy of State (1984 to 1990) before her election as Governor.Following her term as Oregon's governor, Barbara Roberts spent a decade in higher education administration focused on state and local government leadership. She served five years at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, followed by five years at Portland State University's Hatfield School of Government in Oregon. Among her many recognitions is the naming of the Oregon Department of Human Services Building in her honor and the Barbara Roberts High School in Salem. Governor Roberts was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Willamette University, an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Portland State University, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition, as part of USA TODAY's "Women of the Century," a 50-state national program recognizing trailblazing women in every state, Governor Roberts was named one of Oregon's ten "Women of the Century" in 2020. Barbara Roberts is a published author with four books, including her autobiography, Up the Capitol Steps: A Woman's March to the Governorship (Oregon State University Press, 2011), and two editions of Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology (NewSage Press, 2002 and 2016). With her latest book, A Voice for Equity, Roberts continues to be a vocal advocate for women's leadership, disability issues, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental concerns, and equality and dignity for all people. Barbara Roberts lives in Portland, Oregon. She has two adult sons, a grandmother to two grown grandchildren, and a step-grandmother to eighteen. She is a native Oregonian and a fourth-generation descendant of 1853 Oregon Trail pioneers. As one of Oregon's most beloved, respected, and sought-after leaders in the state's Democratic party, Roberts continues to mentor and advise others as they seek leadership positions.