The Women Who Got America Talking

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When the need for telephone operators arose in the 1870s, the assumption was that they should all be male. Wages for adult men were too high, so boys were hired. They proved quick to argue with the subscribers, so females replaced them. Women were calmer, had reassuring voices and rarely talked back. Within a few years, telephone operators were all female and would remain so. The pay was low and working conditions harsh. The job often impaired their health, as they suffered abuse from subscribers in silence under pain of dismissal. Discipline was stern--dress codes were mandated, although they were never seen by the public. Most were young, domestic and anything but militant. Yet many joined unions and walked picket lines in response to the severely capitalistic, sexist system they worked under.

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Genre : History
Author : Kerry Segrave
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2017-08-11
File : 239 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476669045


North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back

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This book focuses on the ways in which North American Muslim women artists "talk back" to dominant discourses about Muslim identity and work to counter mainstream stereotypes and representations. It examines the possibilities of constructing discourses of resistance to domination. Against a backdrop of dominant media representations of oppressed and passive Muslim women, the media interventions of the exceptional women artists whose voices are showcased in this book, demonstrate that Muslim women are diverse and autonomous agents who have, historically, and continue contemporarily, to fight against all forms of injustice including those that seek to circumscribe their realities and experiences. To explore expressions and articulations of alternative discourses, this book analyzes the media texts of exceptional women artists: the stand-up comedy of Palestinian-American Maysoon Zayid, the cinematic interventions of Iranian-American Shirin Neshat, and the television comedy of Pakistani-Canadian Zarqa Nawaz. Using a methodology consisting of a textual analysis grounded in the theoretical framework of postcolonial theory and informed by gender studies and alternative media research, the analysis is supplemented with semi-structured interviews with the artists. This book is suitable for scholars and students in Gender Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, and Politics.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Kenza Oumlil
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2022-07-21
File : 158 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000600384


American Women Speak 2 Volumes

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This A-to-Z compendium explores more than 150 American women activists from colonial times to the present, examining their backgrounds and the focus of their activism, and provides examples of their speeches. Throughout history, American women's oratory has crusaded for religious rights, abolitionism, and peace, as well as for Zionism, immigration, and immunization. This text examines more than 150 influential American women activists and their speeches on vital issues. Each entry outlines the speaker's motivation and provides examples of their speeches in context, supplying information about the setting, audience, reception, and lasting historical significance. This collection of women's speeches emphasizes primary sources that underscore the goals of the Common Core Standards. Entries support classroom discussion on a range of topics, from women's suffrage and birth control to civil rights and 20th- and 21st-century labor law. No other reference work compiles examples of female activism and oration across a 400-year span of history along with analysis of the speaker's intent, forum, listeners, and public and media response.

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Genre : History
Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release : 2016-10-24
File : 715 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9798216047612


African American Women Speak Out On Anita Hill Clarence Thomas

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An essential voice has been added to the ongoing national debate and public discourse on race, class, and gender. African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas is the first commentary on the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas confrontation written exclusively by African American women. Margaret Walker Alexander, Angela Y. Davis, Darlene Clark Hine, Harriette McAdoo, Julianne Malveaux, and other scholars and writers offer reflections and in-depth analyses on one of the most wrenching public dramas in recent history. Diverse and interdisciplinary in scope, the contributions clarify the significance of the event and examine the broader ramifications for the African American community and the nation.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Geneva Smitherman
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Release : 1995
File : 284 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0814325300


The Grim Sleeper Talking With America S Most Notorious Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin

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During the mid-1980s, a brutal killing spree began in Los Angeles as several women were murdered, having been sexually assaulted and shot in the chest with a .25 calibre gun. The man responsible was Lonnie David Franklin Jr. However, his identity wouldn't be revealed for almost thirty years, by which time he had become one of America's most prolific serial killers. At the time, Los Angeles was a city struggling under the weight of racial inequalities and a crack cocaine epidemic that was sweeping through its most deprived areas. Many in the communities of South Central felt that this caused a lack of interest on the part of the LAPD in properly investigating the these murders. In 2010, Franklin's escape from justice finally came to an end, and he was eventually convicted of the killings of nine women and one teenage girl in 2016, although it is suspected that he could be responsible for killing many, many more. In this book, investigative journalist Victoria Redstall delves into the mind of America's most notorious serial killer to discover the truth, in his own words, behind his appalling actions as well as speaking to neighbours, family members, victims' family members and police connected to the case. By visiting Franklin in prison and gaining his trust, she allows Franklin to reveal a terrifying lack of empathy for the victims whose lives he so brutally ended. This is a chilling and fascinating look into the crimes of the Grim Sleeper.

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Genre : True Crime
Author : Victoria Redstall
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Release : 2018-06-28
File : 287 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789460384


The Galaxy

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Genre : American literature
Author : William Conant Church
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Release : 1870
File : 962 Pages
ISBN-13 : PRNC:32101064074949


Plain Home Talk About The Human System The Habits Of Men And Women The Causes And Prevention Of Disease Our Sexual Relations And Social Natures

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Genre : Hygiene
Author : Edward Bliss Foote
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Release : 1892
File : 984 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32436011248950


Table Talk

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Genre : Cooking
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Release : 1896
File : 472 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015093192030


Godey S Lady S Book And Ladies American Magazine

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Release : 1871
File : 510 Pages
ISBN-13 : CHI:48317957


Potter S American Monthly

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Genre : American literature
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Release : 1880
File : 844 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015035579526