Strong Girls In History

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Inspiring stories of unstoppable girls and everything they achieved—for kids ages 8 to 12 Girls are smart, capable, and determined! All over the world, young women have made huge strides in pop culture, politics, social justice, and more. This book explores 15 of these girls and the incredible impact they made before they were even 20 years old. Discover how they powered through challenges and stood up to anyone who said they couldn't make a difference. The girl who invented a genre—Read about famous author S. E. Hinton, who wrote the bestselling book The Outsiders as a teenager and helped launch the popularity of Young Adult novels. A protector of natural resources—Learn how Autumn Peltier became the chief water commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation in Ontario, Canada, when she was just 14 years old. A champion for equality—Find out how 11-year-old activist Marley Dias started a campaign to collect books featuring Black girls as the main character and donate them to schools around the world. Show any ambitious girl how much talent and power she has inside her with Strong Girls Change History.

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Susan B. Katz
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release : 2022-08-02
File : 102 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781638780120


We Are A Strong Articulate Voice A History Of Women At Penn State

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No history of Penn State is complete without the stories of its many achieving women. From Rebecca Ewing, the first female graduate, to early pioneering faculty members like Harriet McElwain and Lucretia Van Tuyl Simmons, to latter-day standouts Pat Farrell, Nina Federoff, Cynthia Baldwin, and Connie Moore, women have been an integral part of Penn State's tradition of excellence. In We Are a Strong, Articulate Voice, Carol Sonenklar traces the collective path of female students, staff, and faculty at the University. Women have overcome many obstacles in their march toward equal representation and professional recognition at Penn State. We Are a Strong, Articulate Voice provides a unique look at their struggle, revealing moments that have shaped the history and identity of the University. The clash between female undergrads and the housemothers charged with keeping them out of trouble, the rise of sororities, the invaluable contribution of the Curtiss-Wright Cadets during World War II, firsthand accounts of the infamous 1950s panty raids, the effect of Title IX on women's athletic programs--events big and small, solemn and silly, are all recorded here. Sonenklar also examines recent milestones in women's progress at Penn State, including one of the most important events of the last twenty-five years: the formation in the 1980s of the Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women. She considers the gains made by women faculty, staff, and students in the years since, while looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the future. Based on personal interviews and extensive research in the University Archives, We Are a Strong, Articulate Voice combines a lively narrative with dozens of striking photographs, making this book a fitting tribute to women's progress at Penn State.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Publisher : Penn State Press
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File : 252 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0271047232


Strong Voices Weak History

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From a March 2000 conference at the University of Pennsylvania, 16 essays explore such aspects as women's dialogue writing in 16th-century France, Maria Domitilla Galluzzi and the Rule of St. Clare of Assisi, courtly origins of new literary canons, the earliest anthology of English women's texts, and the reinvention of Anne Askew. One of the contri

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Genre : History
Author : Pamela Joseph Benson
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Release : 2005
File : 378 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0472068814


Ten American Girls From History

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Kate Dickinson Sweetser
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Release : 1917
File : 338 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89098886138


Women In World History V 1 Readings From Prehistory To 1500

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Presenting selected histories in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, this work discusses: political and economic issues; marriage practices, motherhood and enslavement; and religious beliefs and spiritual development. Famous women, including Hatshepsut, Hortensia, Aisha, Hildegard of Bingen and Sei Shonangan, are discussed as well as lesser known and anonymous women. Both primary and secondary source readings are included.

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Genre : History
Author : Sarah Shaver Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2015-02-24
File : 270 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317451853


The History Of The State Of Ohio

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : John S. C. Abbott
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release : 2023-11-19
File : 873 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783385229822


A Short History Of Film Third Edition

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With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.

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Genre : Art
Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Release : 2018-03-30
File : 525 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780813595160


The History Of Woman

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Genre : Women
Author : Stephen Watson Fullom
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Release : 1855
File : 376 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89073085359


Women Times Three

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Contributors delineate the range of relationships among women writers, women detectives in mystery fiction, and women readers, examining detective fiction through the eyes of actual and hypothetical women readers in a gender- and genre-specific analysis. They offer a theoretical and critical investigation of both historical and contemporary models of mystery fiction. Authors discussed include Sara Paretsky, Joan Hess, Sue Grafton, and D.R. Meredith. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Kathleen Gregory Klein
Publisher : Popular Press
Release : 1995
File : 180 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0879726822


A Modern History Of The Kurds

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David McDowall's ground-breaking history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day documents the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question. The division of the Kurdish people among the modern nation states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran and their struggle for national rights continues to influence the politics of the Middle East. Drawing extensively on primary sources - including documents from The National Archive and interviews with prominent Kurds - the book examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the importance of local rivalries and leadership within Kurdish society, and the failure of modern states to respond to the challenge of Kurdish nationalism. In this new and revised edition, McDowall also analyses the momentous transformations affecting Kurdish socio-politics in the last 20 years. With updates throughout and substantial new material included, this fourth edition of the book reflects the developments in the field and the areas which have gained importance and understanding. This includes new analysis of the Kurdish experience in Syria; the role of political Islam in Kurdish society and Kurds' involvement in Islamist Jihad; and issues surrounding women and gender that were previously overlooked, from the impact of the women's equality movement to how patriarchal practices within the Kurdish community still limit its progress. The foundation text for Kurdish Studies, this book highlights in detail the changing situation of the Kurds across the Middle East.

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Genre : History
Author : David McDowall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2021-03-25
File : 729 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780755600779