Ann Jones (author)

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name = Ann Jones


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birthdate = 1937
birthplace = New York City, New York, United States
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occupation = Journalist, Volunteer
genre = Non Fiction
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website = http://www.annjonesonline.com

Ann Jones (born 1937) is a journalist and author of a number of non-fiction books about her research into women's and humanitarian issues: "Women Who Kill", "Kabul in Winter", "Looking for Lovedu", "Next Time She'll be Dead" and "When Love Goes Wrong". She has also written and taken photographs for a number of publications including: "National Geographic Traveler", "Outside", "The Nation", "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "New York Times". The majority of her work and writings centers on women's issues, especially domestic violence. She has provided humanitarian aid around the world, including Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-jones17feb17,0,7418229.story|title=A War on Women|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2008-02-17|author=Ann Jones|work=The Los Angeles Times]

Books

Women's Violence Issues

"Women Who Kill", cite book | title=Women Who Kill| last=Jones| first=Ann| date=1996| pages=448| publisher=Beacon Press| id=ISBN 080706775X] originally published in 1980 and then re-printed in 1996 was Jones' first widely-released and read book and included coverage of notable mysteries including that of Lizzy Borden.Cite web|url=http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/02/02/was-there-a-conspiracy-in-the-infamous-murder-mystery-of-andrew-and-abby-borden/|title=Was There a Conspiracy in the Infamous Murder Mystery of Andrew and Abby Borden|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2008-02-02|author=Denise Noe|work=Men's News Daily] . The book led to Jones being interviewed on subjects such as female incarceration, Cite web|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/111040_1women05.shtml|title=Number of Female Inmates Soars|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2003-03-05|author=M.L. Lyke|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer] battered wives,Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E6DE123BF936A2575AC0A963948260&sec=&spon=|title=Convicting a Battered Wife|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=1985-09-15|author=Ann Jones|work=The New York Times] and other issues affecting female violence. The book included controversial issues including whether homicide was a woman's last defense if she couldn't get support from others, including the police.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D7133DF932A05751C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=The Final Self-Defense|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=1989-12-31|author=Teresa Carpenter|work=The New York Times] "Next Time She'll be Dead"cite book | title=Next Time She'll be Dead| last=Jones| first=Ann| date=2000| pages=309| publisher=Beacon Press| id=080706789X] , like "When Women Kill" , examined known cases of domestic violence and its effect on women, including Hedda Nussbaum.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E3D8153AF933A05750C0A961958260|title=The Faces of Hedda Nussbaum|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2997-03-30|author=Francine Russo|work=The New York Times] "When Love Goes Wrong".cite book | title=When Love Goes Wrong| last=Jones| first=Ann| coauthors=Susan Schechter| date=1993| pages=368| publisher=HarperCollins| id=0060923695] , which Jones co-wrote with Susan Schechter, was intended as a resource for women suffering from abuse.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E5DF173DF935A25751C0A9629C8B63|title=Susan Schechter, 57, Author of Books Exploring Impact of Domestic Violence|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2004-02-16|author=Campbell Robertson|work=The New York Times]

Travel Related

"Kabul in Winter",cite book | title=Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan| last=Jones| first=Ann| date=2006| pages=321| publisher=Macmillan| id=0805078843] written about Jones' experience in Afghanistan in 2002 and her observations of a city utterly destroyed by war, warlords and the Taliban where she felt a need to try and pick up the pieces.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/books/05grim.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin|title=Lowly Status of Women in a Land Struggling to Rise|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2006-04-05|author=William Grimes|work=The New York Times] While in Afghanistan, Jones drew on her training as an English teacher and helped to re-train the city's teachers,Cite web|url=http://www.fpa.org/pubs_inventory2418/pubs_inventory_show.htm?doc_id=376888|title=Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan|accessdate=2008-02-23|work=Foreign Policy Association] a challenge in a city where more than 95% of the women are affected by domestic violence.Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813030642&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|title=Married to the Same Man|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2007-06-14|author=John Freeman|work=The Jerusalem Post] Jones is critical of the Bush administration, especially its policies in Afghanistan,Cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HK01Df01.html|title=US's Afghan Policies Going Up in Smoke|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2006-11-01|author=Ann Jones|work=Asia Times] and the ways in which relief funds are used,Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1748069.htm|title=Slow Pace of Change in Afghanistan Prompts Questions|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=ABC News|year=2006-09-25|author=Peter Lloyd|work=The World Today] and her book touches on how those policies made working in Afghanistan somewhat of a challenge.

"Looking for Lovedu",cite book | title=Looking for Lovedu| last=Jones| first=Ann| date=2001| pages=288| publisher=Knopf Publishing Group| id=0375405542] chronicles Jones' experience as she travels the length of Africa from Morocco to South Africa and her experiences with border guards, who could not understand her travelling on her own.Cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/the_footprints_women_make/Content?oid=282605|title=The Footprints Women Make|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2001-08-29|author=Kate Madden Yee|work=The East Bay Express] Jones took the trip with British photographer Kevin Muggleton as a search for South Africa's "Lovedu" tribe, Cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/the_footprints_women_make/Content?oid=282605|title=The Footprints Women Make|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2001-08-29|author=Kate Madden Yee|work=The East Bay Express] but the trip ended up to be about far more, including women's issues in present-day Africa.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E1DE173FF935A15752C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Books of the Times; Trekking Widely Across an Africa of the Imagination|accessdate=2008-02-23|year=2001-01-26|author=Richard Bernstein |work=The New York Times]

References

External links

* [http://www.annjonesonline.com/index.html Ann Jones Online]
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