"Eyes of the Beholder," is about ten women who have gone through many trials, experienced many obstacles and overcame many hurdles such as racism, child abuse, domestic violence, drug abuse, criminal activity including murder, broken hearts, infidelity and many more society ills. Some of the women came from a life of prostitution, lesbianism and fear.

The women grew into professional people. They became school principals, psychologists, entrepreneurs, doctors, attorneys, social workers, and ministers. Together, they formed an organization to help women and called it WOMAN Power. WOMAN is an acronym for "Women On the Move Against Negativism."

"Eyes of the Beholder", is about a woman named Rebekah who was ashamed of her mother. She saw her mother as an ugly disfigured woman, until she learned the circumstances of her mother's disfigurement. After her mother dies, Rebekah goes on a self-destruction trip in the abyss of life that lasted over twenty years. This trip takes her through years of drug and alcohol abuse, prostitution, the gay life, criminal activity, bad relationships, and finally God, college and self-realization.

It's about a multi-racial woman from the South, from a religious background. She had a Black mother and a White father. Her mother was a housekeeper and her father came from a well-to-do prominent Southern white family.

She and her colleagues founded an organization to help other women. "Eyes of the Beholder," discusses some of the women they helped. It also talks about the men in the lives of the WOMAN Power members. Although Rebekah comes from a troubled past, she becomes an attorney. The other members also had troubled pasts, even the preacher's wife, but they kept holding on to God's hand. After fifteen years of self-destruction and looking for peace and happiness, Rebekah finally realizes that the power to change, to be happy and fulfilled, lies within her. She spends the next five years following God's plan for her, building WOMAN Power, and praying for courage to endure what's ahead in life.

It's about a man loving a woman so much that he's willing to wait a lifetime for her, and when he does find her again, nothing else in this world means anything. He didn't care what she had done and he didn't want to hear about her past. Finally after over twenty years, she finds her true love, she already had it, God was waiting for her to realize it.

 

"YES YOU CAN"
HOW TO START, OPERATE & GROW A BUSINESS
WHILE DEVELOPING YOURSELF AND
PURSUING YOUR PERSONAL GOALS

by - Barbara A. Robinson

"Yes You Can", a book on entrepreneurship, was published in 1998. It was written by a woman, about women, for women. However, it does not exclude men. It can be used as a resource for small businesses and as a guide to help the reader understand the concerns and obstacles with which women in general, and Black women in particular, have to deal. The focus of the book is on women entrepreneurs; however, a great deal of the discussion is about Black women entrepreneurs because they face special problems, real and psychological, when they become business-owners.

This book is written primarily for the new business owner - the new entrepreneur - and for those considering becoming entrepreneurs. However, individuals who have been in business a short time may find the contents of this book beneficial as well. It also provides information for people who may not be starting a business but who want to succeed in the corporate world. It provides material on how to supervise people and how to be all you are capable of becoming.

"Yes You Can" is divided into four stages: "The Start Up and Beginning Stage," "The Operation and Management Stage," "The Growing and Expansion Stage," and "The Personal Development and Actualization Stage." The reader will find motivational and inspirational material, and personal narratives recounting the obstacles and problems the author encountered while starting her own journey into entrepreneurship. The book takes the reader from the author's troubled past as discussed in "And Still, I Cry," to becoming a successful entrepreneur employing over 100 people.