On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on their Scouting Experiences

by Nancy Manahan

Overview

Nancy Manahan and Rosemary Curb shattered centuries of taboo with their international bestseller, Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence. Now, in this re-released classic, Manahan documents another taboo topic: lesbian Girl Scouts.

 

On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience is the first book to explore the contributions lesbians have made to scouting organizations and the impact scouting has had on them. In personal stories, lesbians from the US and abroad share their joy, empowerment, and sometimes disillusionment with Girl Scouting.

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"This is an important book. It not only celebrates the fine character of lesbians in Girl Scouting, but also offers, to those who can hear its message, a compliment to Girl Scouting: these contributors 'keep a promise well,' caring to leave the organization in better condition than they found it. Thanks to Nancy Manahan for giving a brave, and I believe, representative voice to so many important present and past Girl Scouts."
Cindy Dasch, MSW, LICSW, OSS Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165144554
Publisher:	Nanbec Books
Publication date:	06/08/2021
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	836,148
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Nancy Manahan, Ph.D., is a retired community college English teacher. Her books include Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, prompted by her year in the Maryknoll Missionary Sisters, published in 11 counties in 7 languages. On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience, published in 1997, was reissued in paperback and as an e-book in 2021. The award-winning Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond was written with her wife Becky Bohan. Nancy and Becky are founding members of the Minnesota Threshold Network, educating people about conscious dying, family-directed after-death care, and green burials. They make their home at Carefree, a lesbian community in N. Ft. Myers, Florida. For information about Nancy and Becky’s six published books, visit www.nanbec.com. (Updated 2020)