Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio's Lady with a Cause, Third Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885803931 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 84 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is widely sought as a speaker at conferences, on radio and TV, and history events. historian today. He has devoted 18 years of his life to researching and reporting the history and successes of early A.A. He has published 32 titles on the subject and written more than 180 articles. Scholars, historians, clergy, and old-timer AAs have declared he is the leading A.A. The author is a writer, historian, Retired attorney, Bible student, and active recovered member of Alcoholics Anon
This is the lady who heard from her Creator and revealed to Dr. Bob that he must not take one drink, then arranged for the meeting at which Dr. Bob's cure. Henrietta arranged for Bill to be housed at the Portage Country Club in Akron, and then to move in with Dr. better and understand the role of the Creator in the founding of the program when you learn what this Ohio lady with a cause was able to do.. Bob. You will understand A.A. Bob and his wife Anne for the summer of 1935 when the A.A. The two men met at her Gate Lodge home on the Seiberling estate in Akron, talked for 6 hours, and concluded that they had a mission to carry out--helping others to get sober. This is the lady whose prayers were shortly answered when she received a phone call from Bill W. She declared that Bill's call was "manna from heaven" and i
Seiberling"made its debut with AA historian Dick B., who spoke at Gate Lodgewhere A.A.'s founders met. -- The Akron Beacon Journal, August 1, 2004. "Henrietta B
"Henrietta Seiberling: More Than a Footnote in AA History" according to Richard K. - Author. Henrietta Seiberling has been vilified in recent AA-related biographies as a sort of cancer to AA's history. One writer (Francis Hartigan) suggests that Seiberling was jealous of Bill Wilson because Bill "succeeded where she had failed." Others have relegated her legacy to being nothing more than a door greeter, the woman who "happened" to bring together Bill and Dr. Bob Smith. It seems that anyone who spoke out against certain facets of Bill W.'s style has been thrown under the re. "The Importance to A,A, of this Ohio Lady's Faith and Cause" according to John Albert Hill Jr.. This little book (which is now the The Importance to A,A, of this Ohio Lady's Faith and Cause John Albert Hill Jr. This little book (which is now the 4th edition)is one of the later additions by author Dick B. to the family of Akron A.A. founders about whom he has written. And it almost seemed as if Henrietta Seiberling had slipped through the cracks since you rarely if ever hear her name mentioned or hear anything about her A.A. role in fellowship meetings. Yet she played such an important part in getting our society under way. She had befriended Dr. Bob and his wife Anne. She had her own prob. th edition)is one of the later additions by author Dick B. to the family of Akron A.A. founders about whom he has written. And it almost seemed as if Henrietta Seiberling had slipped through the cracks since you rarely if ever hear her name mentioned or hear anything about her A.A. role in fellowship meetings. Yet she played such an important part in getting our society under way. She had befriended Dr. Bob and his wife Anne. She had her own prob. This book has virtually no information about this fascinating, mft This book has virtually no information about this fascinating, humble and courageous woman who played such a key role in the development of AA. Also, the book is neither well written nor well organized. There is, however, some interesting background on AA.