The Resource Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story, Mazie K. Hirono
Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story, Mazie K. Hirono
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The item Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story, Mazie K. Hirono represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith).
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- Summary
- "Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then known as "Keiko" did not speak English when she entered school in Hawaii, she would go on to hold state and national office, winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. This intimate and inspiring memoir traces her remarkable life from her upbringing in Hawaii, where the family first lived in a single room in a Honolulu boarding house while her mother worked two jobs to keep them afloat; to her emergence as a highly effective legislator whose determination to help the most vulnerable was grounded in her own experiences of economic insecurity, lack of healthcare access, and family separation. Finally, it chronicles her evolution from dogged yet soft-spoken public servant into the fiery critic and advocate we know her as today. For the vast majority of Mazie Hirono's five decades in public service, even as she fought for the causes she believed in, she strove to remain polite and reserved. Steeped in the non-confrontational cultures of Japan and Hawaii, and aware of the expectation that women in politics should never show an excess of emotion, she had schooled herself to bite her tongue, even as her male colleagues continually underestimated her. After the 2016 election, however, it was clear that she could moderate herself no longer. In the face of an autocratic administration, Hirono was called to at last give voice to the fire that had always been inside her. The moving and galvanizing account of a woman coming into her own power over the course of a lifetime in public service, and of the mother who encouraged her immigrant daughter's dreams, Heart of Fire is the story of a uniquely American journey, written by one of those fighting hardest to ensure that a story like hers is still possible"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Tinderbox
- Waiminalo
- Rich man's war
- Betty Friedan and me
- Young Democrats
- The quiet fisherman
- A voice for all
- Stew and rice
- Lost and found
- Made with aloha
- Necessary fire
- Daruma doll
- One thousand cranes
- A modern campaign
- Roll call
- Across the aisle
- One nation under siege
- Seeking truth
- Rebel women
- Zombie land
- Two pandemics
- Good girl
- Epilogue: The paper makers
- Tari and Chieko
- On Kewalo Street
- Star spangled
- The flower farm
- Kaimuki Town
- Revelations
- Isbn
- 9781984881601
- Label
- Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story
- Title
- Heart of fire
- Title remainder
- an immigrant daughter's story
- Statement of responsibility
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Subject
-
- Japanese American women -- Hawaii -- Biography
- Legislators -- Biography
- Legislators -- Hawaii -- Biography
- Lieutenant governors -- Hawaii -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Hawaii -- Politics and government -- 1959-
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Women legislators -- Biography
- Women legislators -- Hawaii -- Biography
- United States, Congress | House -- Biography
- Hirono, Mazie, 1947-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then known as "Keiko" did not speak English when she entered school in Hawaii, she would go on to hold state and national office, winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. This intimate and inspiring memoir traces her remarkable life from her upbringing in Hawaii, where the family first lived in a single room in a Honolulu boarding house while her mother worked two jobs to keep them afloat; to her emergence as a highly effective legislator whose determination to help the most vulnerable was grounded in her own experiences of economic insecurity, lack of healthcare access, and family separation. Finally, it chronicles her evolution from dogged yet soft-spoken public servant into the fiery critic and advocate we know her as today. For the vast majority of Mazie Hirono's five decades in public service, even as she fought for the causes she believed in, she strove to remain polite and reserved. Steeped in the non-confrontational cultures of Japan and Hawaii, and aware of the expectation that women in politics should never show an excess of emotion, she had schooled herself to bite her tongue, even as her male colleagues continually underestimated her. After the 2016 election, however, it was clear that she could moderate herself no longer. In the face of an autocratic administration, Hirono was called to at last give voice to the fire that had always been inside her. The moving and galvanizing account of a woman coming into her own power over the course of a lifetime in public service, and of the mother who encouraged her immigrant daughter's dreams, Heart of Fire is the story of a uniquely American journey, written by one of those fighting hardest to ensure that a story like hers is still possible"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hirono, Mazie
- Dewey number
-
- 328.73/092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E901.1
- LC item number
- .H57 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Hirono, Mazie
- United States
- United States
- Japanese American women
- Lieutenant governors
- Legislators
- Women legislators
- Legislators
- Women legislators
- United States
- Hawaii
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story, Mazie K. Hirono
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Tinderbox
- Waiminalo
- Rich man's war
- Betty Friedan and me
- Young Democrats
- The quiet fisherman
- A voice for all
- Stew and rice
- Lost and found
- Made with aloha
- Necessary fire
- Daruma doll
- One thousand cranes
- A modern campaign
- Roll call
- Across the aisle
- One nation under siege
- Seeking truth
- Rebel women
- Zombie land
- Two pandemics
- Good girl
- Epilogue: The paper makers
- Tari and Chieko
- On Kewalo Street
- Star spangled
- The flower farm
- Kaimuki Town
- Revelations
- Control code
- on1198218656
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984881601
- Lccn
- 2020053648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198218656
- Label
- Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story, Mazie K. Hirono
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Tinderbox
- Waiminalo
- Rich man's war
- Betty Friedan and me
- Young Democrats
- The quiet fisherman
- A voice for all
- Stew and rice
- Lost and found
- Made with aloha
- Necessary fire
- Daruma doll
- One thousand cranes
- A modern campaign
- Roll call
- Across the aisle
- One nation under siege
- Seeking truth
- Rebel women
- Zombie land
- Two pandemics
- Good girl
- Epilogue: The paper makers
- Tari and Chieko
- On Kewalo Street
- Star spangled
- The flower farm
- Kaimuki Town
- Revelations
- Control code
- on1198218656
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984881601
- Lccn
- 2020053648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198218656
Subject
- Japanese American women -- Hawaii -- Biography
- Legislators -- Biography
- Legislators -- Hawaii -- Biography
- Lieutenant governors -- Hawaii -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Hawaii -- Politics and government -- 1959-
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Women legislators -- Biography
- Women legislators -- Hawaii -- Biography
- United States, Congress | House -- Biography
- Hirono, Mazie, 1947-
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