Women in Congress, 1917-2006
Women in Congress, 1917-2006

Author: Matthew Andrew Wasniewski

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1020

ISBN-13:

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Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006.

The Armies of the Streets
The Armies of the Streets

Author: Adrian Cook

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0813162556

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In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval.