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Author: Lynn Sherr
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 604
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a former reporter for The Associated Press (Kazickas) and a 20/20 news correspondent (Sherr) comes this witty and informative illustrated guide to over 1,000 historic landmarks commemorating the words and deeds of American heroines from Anne Hutchinson to Christa McAuliffe.
Author: Joy Dickinson
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780806520926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes information on John Berendt, Wendell Berry, Rick Bragg, James Lee Burke, Olive Ann Burns, Truman Capote, Kate Chopin, Andrei Codrescu, Pat Conroy, Vicki Covington, Dave Robicheaux, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, Fannie Flagg, Shelby Foote, Forrest Gump, John Grisham, Allan Gurganus, Alex Haley, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Hiaasen, Zora Neale Hurston, Jan Karon, Jack Kerouac, Harper Lee, Nancy Lemann, Bobbie Ann Mason, Margaret Mitchell, Flannery OʼConnor, Walker Percy, Edgfar Allan Poe, Reynolds Price, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Rhett Butler, Anne Rice, Carl Sandburg, Scarlett OʼHara, Anne Rivers Siddons, Lee Smith, John Kennedy Toole, Mark Twain, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, etc.
Author: Lynn Sherr
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2010-09-29
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0307765296
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Susan B. Anthony didn’t live long enough to see women get the vote, but her tireless dedication shines through on every page.”—The Washington Post Book World Failure Is Impossible brings together—for the first time—a wide-ranging, spirited collection of Susan B. Anthony’s speeches, letters, and quotes, linked by contemporary reports and Lynn Sherr’s insightful biographical commentary. By allowing the legendary suffragist to speak for herself, Sherr brushes the dust off of the Susan B. Anthony icon, introducing a new generation to the brave, brilliant, funny, and, most of all, prescient woman she really was. “Lynn Sherr has done us all a great service by bringing to spectacular light the too long neglected story of one of our greatest patriots—a genuine hero who helped change for the better the lives of a majority of American citizens.”—Ken Burns
Author: Gail Lee Dubrow
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2003-01-28
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780801870521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis essay collection draws upon work presented at three national conferences on women and historic preservation held at Bryn Mawr College in 1994, Arizona State University in 1997, and at Mount Vernon College in 2000.
Author: Arlene Notoro Morgan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780231132893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccompanying DVD-ROM contains seven television stories discussed in the book and interviews.
Author: Glenn L. Starks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2024-06-27
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 144088109X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis introductory text explores the lives of 100 Black women and their unique and meaningful legacies upon the history, society, and culture of the USA. Today, the names and remarkable achievements of Black women such as Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey are well known to many Americans. Yet throughout American history, many lesser-known Black women like them have made invaluable contributions to sports, science, the arts, medicine, politics, and civil rights. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who published the first newspaper written for and by African American women, championed the cause of women's suffrage. Matilda Sissieretta Jones, whose father was an enslaved person, toured Europe and performed at the White House in front of four different presidents as one of the great sopranos of her generation. Augusta Savage, overcoming racism and sexism, became one of the most celebrated sculptors in history. This book serves as an important reminder that the story of America cannot be told without the Black women who, with strength and determination, have always pushed America forward even when others held them back.
Author: Carol Berkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-02-02
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0190295635
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the last four decades, women's history has developed from a new and marginal approach to history to an established and flourishing area of the discipline taught in all history departments. Clio in the Classroom makes accessible the content, key themes and concepts, and pedagogical techniques of U.S. women's history for all secondary school and college teachers. Editors Carol Berkin, Margaret S. Crocco, and Barbara Winslow have brought together a diverse group of educators to provide information and tools for those who are constructing a new syllabus or revitalizing an existing one. The essays in this volume provide concise, up-to-date overviews of American women's history from colonial times to the present that include its ethnic, racial, and regional changes. They look at conceptual frameworks key to understanding women's history and American history, such as sexuality, citizenship, consumerism, and religion. And they offer concrete approaches for the classroom, including the use of oral history, visual resources, material culture, and group learning. The volume also features a guide to print and digital resources for further information. This is an invaluable guide for women and men preparing to incorporate the study of women into their classes, as well as for those seeking fresh perspectives for their teaching.
Author: Sheila R. Phipps
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 2003-10-13
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0807165379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a Confederate sympathizer in the hotly contested small border town of Winchester, Virginia, she ran an underground postal service, hid contraband under her nieces' dresses, abetted the Rebel cause, and was finally banished."--Jacket.
Author: Anne Schraff
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-09
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 0766061396
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSorting myth from truth in this amazing tale of courage and heroism, Anne Schraff breathes new life into the story of the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. "I grew up like a neglected weed—ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is." Harriet Tubman ran away from slavery in 1849, walking one hundred miles to freedom in the North. For the next sixteen years, Tubman risked her newfound freedom—and her life—to help about three hundred other slaves escape. During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse and a scout for the Union army, and in her later years, she joined the struggle for the education of her people and for women's rights. This book is developed from HARRIET TUBMAN: MOSES OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD to allow republication of the original text into ebook, paperback, and trade editions.
Author: Glenna Matthews
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000-05-25
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0199769737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn encyclopedia of American women's history, this comprehensive reference book features in-depth articles on trends (e.g. birthrates, suburban growth), social movements (civil rights, feminism), ideas and concepts (domesticity, consciousness-raising), institutions (Children's Bureau, women in Congress), organizations (Girl Scouts of America, League of Women Voters), events (American Revolution), issues (abortion, Equal Rights Amendment), key legal cases (Roe v Wade, Muller v Oregon), laws and constitutional amendments, documents and publications (Ramona, Declaration of Sentiments), ethnic and social groups (African American women, Latinas), overviews (women's health, women in music and literature), and biographies of notable American women. This Companion is a perfect supplement to The Young Oxford History of Women in the United States. Oxford's Student Companions to American History are state-of-the-art references for school and home, specifically designed and written for ages 12 through adult. Each book is a concise but comprehensive A-to-Z guide to a major historical period or theme in U.S. history, with articles on key issues and prominent individuals. The authors--distinguished scholars well-known in their areas of expertise--ensure that the entries are accurate, up-to-date, and accessible. Special features include an introductory section on how to use the book, further reading lists, cross-references, chronology, and full index.
