Press-Release
March 2, 2010
New York, NY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By Nika Beamon
It’s hard to fathom that in 2010 it’s still needs to be explained why we should celebrate black women. We should do it not because they are unique but for they’re unique contributions to America.
After all, it was a black woman who invented the ironing board, the home surveillance system, the fireplace damper. An African American woman is credited with leading slaves to freedom with the Underground Railroad, kicking the civil rights movement into high gear by refusing to give up her seat.
Black women are the winners of the first Oscar, the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. We became the first Ivy League President, is the first tennis champ, the first African American millionaire and the first pilot. We are part of the fabric of the community and thus should be celebrate for all we’ve done and continue to do to inspire.
Successful, single black women take center stage in my book I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married. Through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, it explores the challenges and issues affecting single black women, forging ahead in today’s society by defying expectations. They candidly discuss aging without a man and reevaluate dating, single homeownership, career, and children.
These women speak directly to the female experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the Baby Momma Syndrome.
The women discuss the false expectations they face from men, from families, and from friends. Written in the best tradition of girlfriend talking to girlfriend, the book delivers tales of lessons learned, hard times and good times, told by women who found ways to achieve their dreams by defying convention.
I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married
ISBN: 978-1-55652-819-4
To read an excerpt: www.mcbeamon.com
Available @ Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
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