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Author : Sara Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684834986
A history of American women from the Indian woman of the 16th century to the dual-role career woman and mother of the 1980s.
Author : Mara Rockliff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 9780544130012
A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread! Simultaneous eBook.
Author : John Blundell
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780875868653
In this 2nd Edition, John Blundell gives a lively portrait of more than 25 American women who spoke out for liberty, helping to shape the political and social fabric of the United States. His subjects range from frontier novelists to suffragists to the inventor of life insurance for women and a tax collector who challenged the IRS. Arranged chronologically, the stories add up to a history of America. Responses to the first edition were so positive that the author has added five more of the best stories in US Women's History, namely Anne Hutchinson, Clara Barton, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks, and Mildred Loving. 'Ladies for Liberty' combats the myth that women want, and benefit from, big government. In this new, expanded edition of biographies of American women, John Blundell shares further evidence that the spirit of independence has always been a strong impetus for America's leading ladies. He shows that the underlying motivation of the women portrayed in these pages was self-determination as a virtue, and the conviction that individuals should be allowed to pursue their own ends, free from the coercion of others. His selection focuses on women of Conservative/ Libertarian views, whether they were active in politics, business owners, writers or other cultural figures. Black as well as white, these women were revolutionary, some directly influencing the colonial breakaway from great Britain, some fighting for Abolition, others breaking new ground professionally. Each one not only made women's voices heard but made it clear that women have something to say that is both valid and valuable. This book is intended for American and British readers alike, high school and above, and all who are interested in American history, Conservative/ Libertarian politics, or Women's Studies.
Author : Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627793124
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles. These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of the history books. Their stories are true—and they should be heard. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Liberty
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024786071
Author : Marty Rhodes Figley
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761340225
Brief biography of James Forten, an African American boy who participated in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British.
Author : Os Guinness
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830873371
Logos Bookstore Association Award World Magazine Book of the Year The hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten to tear the country apart. Competing visions have led to a dangerous moment of cultural self-destruction. This is no longer politics as usual, but an era of political warfare where our enemies are not foreign adversaries, but our fellow citizens. Yet the roots of the crisis are deeper than many realize. Os Guinness argues that we face a fundamental crisis of freedom, as America's genius for freedom has become her Achilles' heel. Our society's conflicts are rooted in two rival views of freedom, one embodied in "1776" and the ideals of the American Revolution, and the other in "1789" and the ideals of the French Revolution. Once again America has become a house divided, and Americans must make up their minds as to which freedom to follow. Will the constitutional republic be restored or replaced? This grand treatment of history, civics, and ethics in the Jewish and Christian traditions represents Guinness's definitive exploration of the prospects for human freedom today. He calls for a national conversation on the nature of freedom, and poses key questions for concerned citizens to consider as we face a critical chapter in the American story. He offers readers a checklist by which they can assess the character and consequences of the freedoms they are choosing. In the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville, Guinness provides a visitor's careful observation of the American experiment. Discover here a stirring vision for faithful citizenship and renewed responsibility for not only the nation but also the watching world.
Author : Sara Evans
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1980-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780394742281
The women most crucial to the feminist movement that emerged in the 1960's arrived at their commitment and consciousness in response to the unexpected and often shattering experience of having their work minimized, even disregarded, by the men they considered to be their colleagues and fellow crusaders in the civil rights and radical New Left movements. On the basis of years of research, interviews with dozens of the central figures, and her own personal experience, Evans explores how the political stance of these women was catalyzed and shaped by their sharp disillusionment at a time when their skills as political activists were newly and highly developed, enabling them to join forces to support their own cause.
Author : Carol Hymowitz,Michaele Weissman
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307790439
From colonial to modern-day times this narrative history, incorporating first-person accounts, traces the development of women's roles in America. Against the backdrop of major historical events and movements, the authors examine the issues that changed the roles and lives of women in our society. Note: This edition does not include photographs.
Author : Abigail Scott Duniway,Jean M. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048535796
In their introduction, Jean Ward and Elaine Maveety provide a context for Duniway's tireless fight for reform and examine her remarkable career as an editor, writer, and suffragist."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Sasha Gong
Publisher : Nimble Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1934840904
Sasha Gong tells of her dramatic journey to America from the People's Republic of China to escape political persecution, to achieve personal freedom and to pursue happiness.
Author : Richard H. Immerman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691156071
How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, Plamegate, and warrantless wiretaps? Did America set out to become an empire? And if so, how has it reconciled its imperialism--and in some cases, its crimes--with the idea of liberty so forcefully expressed in the Declaration of Independence? Empire for Liberty tells the story of men who used the rhetoric of liberty to further their imperial ambitions, and reveals that the quest for empire has guided the nation's architects from the very beginning--and continues to do so today.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780141945613
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century. Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism, his great work On Liberty argues lucidly that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform with those of the majority. Written in the same period as On Liberty, shortly after the death of Mill's beloved wife and fellow-thinker Harriet, The Subjection of Women stresses the importance of equality for the sexes. Together, the works provide a fascinating testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England, and offer a compelling consideration of what it truly means to be free.
Author : Loren Schweninger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190664299
Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country. Appealing for Liberty is the most comprehensive study to give voice to these African Americans, drawing from more than 2,000 suits and from the testimony of more than 4,000 plaintiffs from the Revolutionary era to the Civil War. Through the petitions, evidence, and testimony introduced in these court proceedings, the lives of the enslaved come sharply and poignantly into focus, as do many other aspects of southern society such as the efforts to preserve and re-unite black families. This book depicts in graphic terms, the pain, suffering, fears, and trepidations of the plaintiffs while discussing the legal systemlawyers, judges, juries, and testimonythat made judgments on their "causes," as the suits were often called. Arguments for freedom were diverse: slaves brought suits claiming they had been freed in wills and deeds, were born of free mothers, were descendants of free white women or Indian women; they charged that they were illegally imported to some states or were residents of the free states and territories. Those who testified on their behalf, usually against leaders of their communities, were generally white. So too were the lawyers who took these cases, many of them men of prominence, such as Francis Scott Key. More often than not, these men were slave owners themselves-- complicating our understanding of race relations in the antebellum period. A majority of the cases examined here were not appealed, nor did they create important judicial precedent. Indeed, most of the cases ended at the county, circuit, or district court level of various southern states. Yet the narratives of both those who gained their freedom and those who failed to do so, and the issues their suits raised, shed a bold and timely light on the history of race and liberty in the "land of the free."
Author : Peter Barnes
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781626562165
Peter Barnes argues that because of globalization, automation, and winner-take-all capitalism, there won’t be enough high-paying jobs to sustain America’s middle class in the future. Therefore, to survive economically, our middle class needs—and deserves—a supplementary source of nonlabor income. To meet this need, Barnes proposes to give every American a share of the wealth we own together— starting with our air and financial infrastructure. These shares would pay dividends of several thousand dollars per year—money that wouldn’t be welfare or wealth redistribution but legitimate property income.