The Miriam Syndrome: How Organizations Expel the Women Who Save Them

The Miriam Syndrome: How Organizations Expel the Women Who Save Them - Hardcover

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The Miriam Syndrome: How Organizations Expel the Women Who Save Them

The Miriam Syndrome: How Organizations Expel the Women Who Save Them - Hardcover

$23.74
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by Laurie S. Sherman (Author)

THE MIRIAM SYNDROME

How Women Who Lead Are Removed, Rewritten, and Forgotten

Miriam led. She brought the women forward in song, in movement, in breath. She marked the moment when survival became life again. And then she was removed.

The Miriam Syndrome names a pattern that repeats across history and into the present: women who stabilize, repair, and transform a system are elevated just long enough to do the work - then diminished, rewritten, or erased once the work is done.

This is not an isolated failure of individuals. It is a structure of memory, power, and narrative.

Drawing on biblical text, lived experience, and contemporary cases, Laurie S. Sherman traces how this pattern operates - and why it persists.

What happens when the one who brings water is no longer allowed to remain? And what does it take to remember her fully?

Number of Pages: 124
Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: May 26, 2026
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