TY - BOOK AU - Gordly,Avel Louise AU - Schechter,Patricia Ann ED - Project Muse. TI - Remembering the power of words: the life of an Oregon activist, legislator, and community leader T2 - Women and politics in the Pacific Northwest SN - 9780870716140 AV - F881.35.G67 A3 2011 U1 - 324.2092B 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Corvallis PB - Oregon State University Press KW - Gordly, Avel Louise, KW - Community activists KW - Oregon KW - Biography KW - African American women KW - Women politicians KW - African American politicians KW - Politics and government KW - 1951- KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Before we become dust -- Our day will come -- "It is better to be loved than feared" -- Them changes -- Operation crossroads Africa -- The correcting influence -- "She who learns, teaches" -- Forward together, backward never -- A heart for Africa -- Hope and hard work -- Growing and stretching UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780870716140/ ER -