Andrea Adams
{{Short description|British journalist (1946–1995)}}
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| birth_name = Andrea Caroline HamblyEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
| birth_date = 10 May 1946England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
| birth_place = {{Nowrap|Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England}}
| death_date = 7 November 1995 (aged 49)England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
| death_place = Downton near Salisbury, England
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Andrea Caroline Adams (née Hambly; 10 May 1946 – 7 November 1995) was a British BBC broadcaster and journalist known for insightful programs that she wrote and produced for Radio 4's Does He Take Sugar and Woman's Hour.
Career
The Nottingham-born Adams was the first person to publicize the significance of workplace bullying, which she campaigned against after her 1980s radio program An Abuse of Power which resulted in a flood of mail from the British public. It is believed that she coined the expression "workplace bullying" in 1988. Her book, Bullying at Work: How to Confront and Overcome It, was published in 1992.{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Andrea|last2=Crawford|first2=Neil|title=Bullying at Work: How to Confront and Overcome It|date=1992|publisher=Virago|location=London|isbn=978-0-34900-515-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7B8WAwAAQBAJ&q=Bullying+at+Work%3A+How+to+Confront+and+Overcome+It}}
Death and legacy
Andrea Adams died from ovarian cancer in 1995, aged 49. The Andrea Adams Trust was launched to campaign against workplace bullying, established in her memory. It provided research, a helpline and education. The Trust was responsible for organising the Ban Bullying at Work Day which is held on the anniversary of Adams's death, 7 November each year. In 2008 the Trust was closed down as Chief Executive and Founder Lyn Witheridge retired. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
Adams's daughter, British author Gemini Adams, wrote a multiple award-winning book[http://www.opentohope.com/author/agemini/ Author Archives: Gemini Adams] at opentohope.com entitled, Your Legacy of Love: Realize the Gift in Goodbye,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530141230/http://www.realizethegift.com/ Realize the Gift in Goodbye website]}} which gives a personal account of her mother's battle with cancer and the insights gained from her bereavement, including the idea that survivors need more than the financial assets that are typically left in a final will and testament.
Publications by Andrea Adams
- Bullying At Work - Book by Andrea Adams & Neil Crawford (1992) {{ISBN|1-85381-542-X}}
- Holding out against workplace harassment and bullying. Personnel Management, 48-50 (1992, October).
- The Standard Guide to confronting bullying at work. Nursing Standard. 7:10. 44-46. (1992)
References
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External links
- [http://www.workplacebullying.org/individuals/problem/being-bullied Workplace Bullying Institute], workplacebullying.org; accessed 25 October 2014.
- [http://www.banbullyingatwork.com Ban Bullying at Work website]; accessed 25 October 2014
- [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bullying-Work-How-Confront-Overcome/dp/185381542X Bullying At Work Book], amazon.co.uk; accessed 25 October 2014.
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Category:Anti-bullying activists
Category:Academics and writers on bullying
Category:Workplace harassment and bullying