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Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream by Stanley A. Goldman
epub |eng | | Author:Stanley A. Goldman [Goldman, Stanley A.]

Masur’s Role in the Sending of Wallenberg On April 18, 1944, a year and a day before his own treacherous journey to meet Himmler, Masur sent a letter to Stockholm’s ...
( Category: Women in History August 5,2020 )
Radicals in the Barrio by Justin Akers Chácon
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-06-04 | Author:Justin Akers Chácon

Survivors of the Ludlow Massacre Six miners were also killed in the attack, including Louis Tikas, a Greek camp leader who was captured, beaten badly, and executed after returning to ...
( Category: Radicalism August 5,2020 )
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
epub, pdf |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Claire Tomalin [Tomalin, Claire]

16 Twenty-five Anyone arriving at their twenty-fifth birthday with three outstanding novels to their name looks well embarked on the road to success; fame, riches, happiness all within easy reach, ...
( Category: Women August 3,2020 )
None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer by Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss
azw3 |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss [Kazanjian, Howard]

CHAPTER EIGHT Plains Living My husband used to tell me that he believed he was the happiest man on earth, and I cannot help but thinking he was. —ELIZABETH CUSTER, ...
( Category: American Civil War August 2,2020 )
The Private Journal of William Reynolds by William Reynolds
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William Reynolds

[CHAPTER 13: PORTENTS] [Returning from another exhausting tour of boat duty, we] saw a Ship at anchor close to Rock Island. First thought it must be Captain Belcher—then the Vincennes—but ...
( Category: Women in History August 2,2020 )
A Cargo of Women by Babette Smith
epub |eng | 2010-06-01 | Author:Babette Smith

Women prisoners and their children. Hon. Sir, I humbly beseech you that you may intercede on my behalf to the Governor of the Colony to obtain a Ticket of Leave ...
( Category: Women in History August 2,2020 )
Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-04 | Author:Brigitte Findakly [Findakly, Brigitte]

( Category: Literary August 1,2020 )
Welfare Warriors by Nadasen Premilla;
epub |eng | | Author:Nadasen, Premilla;

CHAPTER 6 The Guaranteed Annual Income and FAP The most ubiquitous slogan of the welfare rights movement was “welfare is a right.” T-shirts, banners, buttons, and posters were emblazoned with ...
( Category: History & Theory August 1,2020 )
FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression by Jim Powell
mobi, pdf |eng | 2004-09-28 | Author:Jim Powell

THE “FOUR HORSEMEN OF REACTION” gained support on the Court as FDR increasingly asserted arbitrary power via executive orders, rather than going through the legislative process. The Congressional Research Service ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 1,2020 )
Compañeras by Hilary Klein
epub |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Hilary Klein

Women’s Regional Gatherings While women’s cooperatives are a key building block at the local level, women’s encuentros (gatherings) strengthen women’s organizing at the regional level. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of women ...
( Category: Caribbean & Latin American August 1,2020 )
Victoria: A Life by A N Wilson
epub |eng | 2014-09-03 | Author:A N Wilson [Wilson, A N]

PART FIVE SEVENTEEN A PEOPLE DETACHED FROM THEIR SOVEREIGN ON 5 JULY, taking up his duties as the Foreign Secretary after the death of Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville was informed ...
( Category: Royalty July 30,2020 )
Uncrowned Queen by Nicola Tallis
epub |eng | 2020-07-28 | Author:Nicola Tallis [TALLIS, NICOLA]

MARGARET WAS NOT THE ONLY one to benefit as a result of her son’s accession. In grateful thanks for their loyalty, Henry soon began to reward his supporters. Margaret’s cousin, ...
( Category: Royalty July 28,2020 )
A Woman's Place by Deepi Ahluwalia
epub |eng | 2019-04-05 | Author:Deepi Ahluwalia [AHLUWALIA, DEEPI/FERRARI, STEF]

Ruth Fertel • 1927-2002 • THE SIZZLE OF A steak is music to many a diner’s ears. But because of one Louisiana woman’s life’s work, it became the sound of ...
( Category: Women in History July 27,2020 )
Strong Women by Koeppel Kari
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Koeppel, Kari

Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927–2002) Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color elected to the US Congress, and she used her power to advocate for other women. She was ...
( Category: Women in History July 27,2020 )
The Old Way by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
epub |eng | 2006-07-14 | Author:Elizabeth Marshall Thomas [Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall]

At first I wondered if the concept of healer-shamans who became lions was truly a Ju/wa concept, as it coincided in certain ways with the worldview of the neighboring Bantu-speaking ...
( Category: Women in History July 25,2020 )

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