America is at a crossroads Ð facing a range of social challenges that affect all of us as a nation and touch us as individuals. This book confronts these challenges and offers solutions based on the research and findings of a small group of students from The American WomenÕs College who embarked on a writing assignment designed to apply AristotleÕs rhetorical concepts of logos, ethos, and pathos. The students were given free rein to choose their research topics and nurture them from the seed of an idea to a fully developed research paper. While the articles were written individually, this book is the work of a team of women who supported and encouraged each other along the way Ð women who, much like being at a crossroads, were uncertain of their direction at times, but determined to reach their goals.