Perdita Huston (1936–2001)
Author of Third World Women Speak Out
About the Author
Perdita Huston has lived half her adult life abroad and has traveled the world as a journalist and writer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the International Herald Tribune, the Baltimore Evening Sun, Jeune Afrique, LIFE magazine and many other publications, and she is show more particularly distinguished for her cross-cultural reporting based on conversations with ordinary people. Richard C. Holbrooke is former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1999-2001) show less
Works by Perdita Huston
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- Other names
- Champey, Perdita
- Birthdate
- 1936
- Date of death
- 2001
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Universite de Grenoble
Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Occupations
- Director, Francophone public affairs, TIME magazine
Regional Director, Peace Corps
Translator, Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
medical social worker - Organizations
- Amnesty International
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Places of residence
- Portland, Maine, USA
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Tuckahoe, New York, USA
Paris, France
Tunisia
Algeria (show all 8)
Washington, D.C., USA
Senior speech writer, Nixon administration, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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i didn't really know what to expect but it was interesting to see how hard governments and religion want families to have a lot of kids for power and armies and to keep women down.
Statistics
- Works
- 5
- Members
- 47
- Popularity
- #330,642
- Rating
- 4.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 8