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Bands of Sisters

Author : Jill M. Sullivan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810881631

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During World War II, the U.S. military employed all-female bands to support bond drives. These bands drew such attention that they were placed on tour, raising money for the war and boosting morale. Even after the war ended, the bands would last for some 60 years. Based on Jill Sullivan's interviews with over 70 surviving band members, Bands of Sisters: U.S. Women's Military Bands during World War II tells the tale of this remarkable period in the history of American women. The opportunities presented by military service inevitably promoted new perspectives on what women could accomplish outside of the home, resulting in a lifetime of lasting relationships that would inspire future generations of musicians.

Band of Sisters

Author : Cathy Gohlke
Publisher : Tyndale House Pub
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1414353081

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Maureen O’Reilly and her younger sister flee Ireland in hope of claiming the life promised to their father over twenty years before. After surviving the rigors of Ellis Island, Maureen learns that their benefactor, Colonel Wakefield, has died. His family, refusing to own his Civil War debt, casts her out. Alone, impoverished, and in danger of deportation, Maureen connives to obtain employment in a prominent department store. But she soon discovers that the elegant facade hides a secret that threatens every vulnerable woman in the city. Despite her family’s disapproval, Olivia Wakefield determines to honor her father’s debt but can’t find Maureen. Unexpected help comes from a local businessman, whom Olivia begins to see as more than an ally, even as she fears the secrets he’s hiding. As women begin disappearing from the store, Olivia rallies influential ladies in her circle to help Maureen take a stand against injustice and fight for the lives of their growing band of sisters. But can either woman open her heart to divine leading or the love it might bring?

Band of Sisters

Author : Lauren Willig
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062986177

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"A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines…A triumph." — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story—a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network—from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig. A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smith’s Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and begs her to take the place of a girl who had to drop out, Kate reluctantly agrees to join the new Smith College Relief Unit. Four months later, Kate and seventeen other Smithies, including two trailblazing female doctors, set sail for France. The volunteers are armed with money, supplies, and good intentions—all of which immediately go astray. The chateau that was to be their headquarters is a half-burnt ruin. The villagers they meet are in desperate straits: women and children huddling in damp cellars, their crops destroyed and their wells poisoned. Despite constant shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring welcome aid—and hope—to the region. But can they survive their own differences? As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of the Unit. With the Germans threatening to break through the lines, can the Smith Unit pull together and be truly a band of sisters?

Band of Sisters

Author : Kirsten Holmstedt
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811735667

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Band of Sisters by Kirsten Holmstedt Pdf

Profiles twelve women soldiers who have served in the Iraq War, describing their experiences in the war, discussing the pressures of the job, and touching on the difficulties of being a woman in the military.

Bands of Sisters

Author : Jill M. Sullivan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810881624

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Bands of Sisters by Jill M. Sullivan Pdf

During World War II, the U.S. military employed all-female bands to support bond drives. These bands drew such attention that they were placed on tour, raising money for the war and boosting morale. Even after the war ended, the bands would last for some 60 years. Based on Jill Sullivan's interviews with over 70 surviving band members, Bands of Sisters: U.S. Women's Military Bands during World War II tells the tale of this remarkable period in the history of American women. The opportunities presented by military service inevitably promoted new perspectives on what women could accomplish outside of the home, resulting in a lifetime of lasting relationships that would inspire future generations of musicians.

Just Remember This

Author : Colin Bratkovich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781483645193

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I have completed this manuscript Just Remember This, or as American Pop Singers 1900-1950+, about music before the 1950s in America. It perhaps offers knowledge and insights not previously found in other musical reference books. I have moreover been working on this book very meticulously over the past twelve-plus years. It started as a bit of fun and gradually became serious as I began to listen along with the vocalists of popular music, of the era before 1950, essentially just before the dawn of rock and roll. If you can call it that! Indeed genre and labeling of American music started here, and then from everywhere. While the old adage of always starting from somewhere could be noted in every century, the 1900s had produced the technology. Understanding the necessity, more so, finds a curiosity on the part of a general public hungry for entertainment, despite 6 day work weeks, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.

Kicking & Dreaming

Author : Ann Wilson,Nancy Wilson,Charles R. Cross
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062101693

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Kicking & Dreaming by Ann Wilson,Nancy Wilson,Charles R. Cross Pdf

The story of Heart is a story of heart and soul and rock ’n’ roll. Since finding their love of music and performing as teenagers in Seattle, Washington, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, have been part of the American rock music landscape. From 70s classics like “Magic Man” and “Barracuda” to chart- topping 80s ballads like “Alone,” and all the way up to 2012, when they will release their latest studio album, Fanatic, Heart has been thrilling their fans and producing hit after hit. In Kicking and Dreaming, the Wilsons recount their story as two sisters who have a shared over three decades on the stage, as songwriters, as musicians, and as the leaders of one of our most beloved rock bands. An intimate, honest, and a uniquely female take on the rock and roll life, readers of bestselling music memoirs like Life by Keith Richards and Steven Tyler’s Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? will love this quintessential music story finally told from a female perspective.

Dog Tags & Wedding Bands

Author : Joe Rosato
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781480951358

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Dog Tags & Wedding Bands By: Joe Rosato Joe Rosato is an author with much information and experience in the military. Rosato has been enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a Helmsman and Lee Helmsman in the Vietnam War. He is also currently a volunteer, tour guide and liaison to the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Foundation. He also volunteered at the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Rosato actively speaks and volunteers at veteran groups. Rosato is a member of the group Vietnam Veterans of America, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rosato’s story shows the real-life traumatic experiences that happened to many innocent civilians during the Vietnam War. This page-turning story provides humor, romance and mystery all into one thrilling plot. With relatable and endearing characters, this tale that intertwines with the past and present will leave the reader happy and hopeful.

The Andrews Sisters

Author : H. Arlo Nimmo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786432608

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The Andrews Sisters by H. Arlo Nimmo Pdf

The Andrews Sisters, the legendary singing trio of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are the most successful female singing group in history and were the world's top selling group until the Beatles arrived. Of the 605 songs they recorded, 113 charted. They also made 18 movies, appeared regularly on radio and television, and entertained three generations of GIs. Based on extensive research, unpublished letters, and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this book documents not only the lives and work of the Andrews Sisters but also the popular culture spanned by their long careers. The book contains a complete discography of their released, unreleased, and solo recordings, including recording dates, record numbers, and accompaniment. Also included are a filmography and documentation of their radio and television appearances.

Brothers and Sisters

Author : Ann Buchanan,Anna Rotkirch
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030559854

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Brothers and Sisters by Ann Buchanan,Anna Rotkirch Pdf

This edited volume presents unique insights on sibling relationships in adulthood in the early 21st century, focusing on three themes: relations beyond childhood and school years; factors shaping social support provision between siblings; and changes in family life and how these impact sibling relations. Comprised of chapters from distinguished international family scholars, this book examines sibling dynamics across age, race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, geography, and social environments. It answers important questions such as, to what extent do siblings support each other at different stages of the life cycle? How do cultural practices and family obligations impact on sibling support? How does sibling support differ when looking at surrogates, migrant families, polygamous families, and siblings with disabilities? These contributions expand and contribute greatly to the field of sibling studies and will be of interest to all students and scholars studying and researching family relationships.

Brothers and Sisters

Author : Alan Paul
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781250282705

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history. The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s bestselling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt. Celebrating the album’s fiftieth anniversary, Brothers and Sisters the book delves into the making of the album, while also presenting a broader cultural history of the era, based on first-person interviews, historical documents, and in-depth research. Brothers and Sisters traces the making of the template-shaping record alongside the stories of how the Allman Brothers came to the rescue of a flailing Jimmy Carter presidential campaign and helped get the former governor of Georgia elected president; how Gregg Allman’s marriage to Cher was an early harbinger of an emerging celebrity media culture; and how the band’s success led to internal fissures. The book also examines the Allman Brothers' relationship with the Grateful Dead—including the most in-depth reporting ever on the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, the largest rock festival ever—and describes how they inspired bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, helping create the southern rock genre. With exclusive access to hundreds of hours of never-before-heard interviews with every major player, including Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman, conducted by Allman Brothers Band archivist, photographer, and “Tour Mystic” Kirk West, Brothers and Sisters is an honest assessment of the band’s career, history, and highs and lows.

Sisters and Wives

Author : Karen Brodkin
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Law
ISBN : 0252010043

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Extrait de l'introduction : "The search for women's overall ar fundamental position long ago ar far wawy is an outcome of the confrontation between social darwinist anthropology and the feminist and socialist movements over sexism here and now. ... Women have been fighting for equl rights for well over one hundred years. The center of the struggle lies in changing institutionalized pattterns of behaviors and allocations of social roles. All behavior is informed and shaped by ideas, by way of seeing the world, as well as by standards for what is right and wrong, moral and immoral. A marxist and feminist anthropology can affrim the reality of equality in other times and places and increase our understanding of how to obtain such a social order for ourselves. This book is an attempt to develop such a way of seeing and of informing our actions."

Women's Bands in America

Author : Jill M. Sullivan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442254411

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Women's Bands in America by Jill M. Sullivan Pdf

In the first comprehensive exploration of women’s bands in American history, contributors trace women's emerging roles in town, immigrant, family, school, suffrage, military, swing, and rock bands, as well as society at large. Contributors bring together a series of disciplines in this unique work, including musicology, American history, women's studies, and history of education.

Before Elvis

Author : Larry Birnbaum
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810886384

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Before Elvis by Larry Birnbaum Pdf

An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.

Little Pig Joins the Band

Author : David Hyde Costello
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781430130246

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Little Pig Joins the Band by David Hyde Costello Pdf

"Lively opening band music adds to the fun of author and illustrator Costello's story about Little Pig, aka Jacob, and his siblings...This delightful production adds to the value of the book by allowing youngsters to enjoy hearing what the music and instruments sound like as they follow along with the story." -Booklist Magazine