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02840aam a2200373 i 4500 001 8FD86FF0495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230627t20232023nhu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1586423681 020 $a 9781586423681 035 $a (OCoLC)1386968196 040 $a JCX $b eng $e rda $c JCX $d MEA $d BDX $d UOK $d SILO 082 $a 362.1962 $b M958i, 2023 100 1 $a Mullen, Shannon A. $e author. 245 10 $a In other words, leadership : $b how a young mother's weekly letters to her governor helped both women brave the first pandemic year / $c Shannon A. Mullen. 264 1 $a Lebanon, New Hampshire : $b Steerforth Press L.L.C., $c [2023] 300 $a 325 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-325). 520 $a "This trip to the "Vacationland" of Maine -- where the state motto is I Lead -- offers an inspiring tale of civility and purpose, of doing the right thing and not just surviving, but prevailing. The first woman to serve as governor of Maine, Janet Mills, had been in office a year when COVID-19 reached the United States. The recently-widowed 72-year-old wrote in her journal there is "no playbook for a pandemic" as she imposed unprecedented restrictions on her state. When early support for the governor's response curdled to rampant opposition, a young mother named Ashirah Knapp sent a letter of support from a remote homestead in the woods of Maine. Ashirah's handwritten dispatch detailed how the public health emergency was upending her family's life and livelihood, and she promised to keep writing "every week until we are through this time" to remind the governor how many Mainers supported her despite the disruption. Ashirah's letters, with their simple wisdom and striking penmanship, stood out in a flood of correspondence Governor Mills was receiving that ranged in tone from appreciative to furious. They helped keep her grounded as she made wrenching, often unpopular choices. Shannon A. Mullen weaves from these two women's letters and the governor's journal, which were never intended for publication, an intimate and compelling true story that is a celebration of civility and compassion in the face of rancor and of resolve in the face of adversity."-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a Maine. $b Governor (2019- : Mills) 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Governors 650 0 $a Governors $z Maine 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Prevention 650 0 $a Letters 651 0 $a Maine 700 1 $a Mills, Janet T. 710 1 $a Maine. $b Governor (2019- : Mills) 941 $a 2 952 $l RKPA371 $d 20240601011518.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902014238.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8FD86FF0495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search