Book description
First published in 1993. The purpose of this book is to help those who help others. Research has consistently demonstrated that those in the professions, particularly helping professions, have significantly higher levels of stress and burnout. Studies have shown that the profession with the greatest vulnerability to these illnesses is…
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Roberta Cowell made history as the first British transgender woman to undergo gender-affirming surgery, but that isn’t the extent of her story.
She was also a fighter pilot in World War II who survived five months in a prisoner-of-war camp and a race car driver.
Though she was able to find doctors willing to provide her with the surgery that would affirm her gender identity, she gave up so much in the process, including a race car engineering company and her motorsport career.
Her autobiography is a poignant reminder of how far we've come in the subsequent decades.
From Elizabeth's list on changing the way you think about motorsport.
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