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Nancy Hendricks
State Oddities takes a different kind of look at the American nation, spotlighting the fun foibles, peculiarities, and twists in each of the 50 states that are (mostly) united under…
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If you believe in ghosts, you're in good company. Haunted Histories brings America's most ghostly locales to life, illuminating their role in shaping U.S. history and detailing how they became…
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This book offers both a biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second-ever woman appointed to the Supreme Court, and a historical analysis of her impact.
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Written in vivid prose and with a keen eye for detail, Women's Equality in America is a valuable resource for understanding the issues and trends that dominate public discourse in…
Placing the era firmly within the American experience, this reference illuminates what daily life was really like in the 1950s, including for people from the Other America -those outside the…
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From Beatniks to Sputnik and Princess Grace to Peyton Place, this book illuminates the female half of America’s population as they entered a brave new world that revolutionized women’s lives…
Haunted Histories brings America’s most ghostly locales to life, illuminating their role in shaping America’s history, and detailing how they became the nation’s most feared places –
Meet the First Ladies of the United States-sometimes inspiring, sometimes tragic, always fascinating-women who, though often unsung, helped hold the nation together in its infancy and advance it as a…
This book immerses readers in the public and private life of groundbreaking Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, detailing the historical events surrounding her rise to a coveted position on…
The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in this volume have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show business, and the…
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Hattie Caraway unexpectedly became the first female U.S. senator in 1931 by filling the seat of her late husband. What her colleagues viewed as an honorary position was in fact…
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Hattie Caraway unexpectedly became the firstfemale U.S. senator in 1931 by filling the seat of her late husband. What hercolleagues viewed as an honorary position was in fact the start…
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After the death of a parent, sibling, or caregiver, the life of a child or teen and their family is forever changed. Families face enormous challenges as they navigate life…
Communicator-in-Chief examines the role of new media technologies such as e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, blogs, video games, texting and the Internet in the historic 2008 presidential campaign. Politicians of…
