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I came of age to womanhood in a hopeful, angry generation for whose social challenges, moral controversy, and iconoclastic artistry many war-weary, loving parents and teachers were utterly unprepared. Within that painful intergenerational predicament, from early girlhood onward, I have encountered repeatedly the ethical necessity of my own and others’ insubordination – which has posed complex questions about its possible enactment with wisdom.
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Laird, S. (2014). Hungry for Insubordinate Educational Wisdom. In: Waks, L.J. (eds) Leaders in Philosophy of Education. Leaders in Educational Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-758-2_12
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