The first and only memoir written by early AIDS activist Ruth Coker Burks, All The Young Men is a heartfelt and personal account of Ruth’s work as an advocate for men with AIDS in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the mid-1980s. It is also an elegy to those on the front lines of the epidemic for whom she cared deeply. Single mother Ruth’s unexpected story of female empowerment and strong women’s activism evokes the stories of Erin Brockovich, Karen Silkwood, Gloria Steinem, and Harvey Milk. All The Young...
