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Author : Nancy Smiler Levinson
Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000047170988
Relates the story of women who have worked on the railroad in ever-increasing numbers and expanding range of jobs from the mid-1800s to the present.
Author : William D. Middleton,RICK MORGAN,Roberta L. Diehl
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-06
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253027993
Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent’s railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia’s over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry’s development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
Author : Nancy Garden
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781504046619
A landmark in LGBT fiction, this captivating story of two teenage girls who fall in love is a “classic of the genre” (Publishers Weekly). When Liza Winthrop first lays eyes on Annie Kenyon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she knows there’s something special between them. Soon, their close friendship develops into a deep and intimate romance. Neither imagined that falling in love could be so wonderful, but as Liza and Annie’s newfound sexuality sparks conflict in both their families and at their schools, they discover it will take more than love for their relationship to succeed. One of the first books to positively portray a lesbian relationship, Annie on My Mind is a groundbreaking classic of the genre. The subject of a First Amendment lawsuit over banned books and one of School Library Journal’s “One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century,” Nancy Garden’s iconic novel is an important story for anyone discovering who they’re meant to be.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Old age pensions
ISBN : UOM:39015069262643
Author : Bernard L. Rudberg,John M. Desmond
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438490694
Hopewell Junction: A Railroader's Town tells the remarkable history of the east-west, short-line railroads that ran throughout Dutchess County, New York from 1869 to 1984, centering on the hamlet of Hopewell Junction. It explains how these lines transformed the rural countryside and supercharged the growth of the agricultural and small-mill communities of Dutchess County during the last half of the nineteenth century and throughout most of the twentieth century. The story includes a group of hardscrabble pioneers who struggled to establish their own rail networks. It relates the innovations in design and construction that made these lines possible and the challenges posed to their success by accidents, bad weather, and bad luck. After World War II, new modes of transportation and the growth of suburbia lead to the decline and eventual abandonment of many of these rail lines. However, a group of dedicated local historians and citizens banded together to make sure that this history was preserved, including the restoration of the historic depot at Hopewell Junction, listed as a historic and architectural resource on the New York State Register of Historical Places in 2020 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
Author : Kathleen Odean
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Children's stories, American
ISBN : 9780345450210
Evaluates fiction and nonfiction books featuring girls and women in positive roles, ranking each entry by reading level.
Author : Randy Judd
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387479634
The Art of Straightening Nails is a story of hope, conquering self, and regaining lost love. This novel should appeal to anyone who has struggled to reclaim their lives from pains of the past. "I was drawn into the story of protagonist, Robert Rhodes, from page one. It is the story of the strength and courage of a growing boy who sees for himself a better future despite a poverty-stricken, neglectful past. The reader cannot help but love the main character and weep for his life's story. Author, Randy Judd, does a masterful job with his character development. This is an amazing story of hope and the unbelievable triumph of the human spirit"-Amazon Review Set in the South during the 60's and 70's, the saga follows Robert Rhodes as he reminisces about his life. His childhood had not been a pleasant, innocent experience. Aside from the poverty and endless disappointment his family endured, the boy had also known personal challenges of neglect and abuse. Even as an adult, Robert continues to be fettered by his past. After realizing the source of his lifelong pain, he confronts his past in a dramatic climax to the story. Not until Robert deals with his past, is he able to be emancipated from it. His new freedom allows him to find the love and success he had always sought. The Art of Straightening Nails leaves the reader with hope and empowerment in conquering their own barriers to happiness.
Author : Nan L. McDonald,Douglas Fisher
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781462514922
Accessible and hands-on yet grounded in research, this book addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-8. Even teachers without any arts background will gain the skills they need to bring music, drama, visual arts, and dance into their classrooms. Provided are a wealth of specific resources and activities that other teachers have successfully used to build students' oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing, while also promoting creativity and self-expression. Special features include reproducible worksheets and checklists for developing, evaluating, and implementing arts-related lesson plans.
Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493037766
**2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Silver Winner for Western Non-Fiction** When the last spike was hammered into the steel track of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, Western Union lines sounded the glorious news of the railroad’s completion from New York to San Francisco. For more than five years an estimated four thousand men mostly Irish working west from Omaha and Chinese working east from Sacramento, moved like a vast assembly line toward the end of the track. Editorials in newspapers and magazines praised the accomplishment and some boasted that the work that “was begun, carried on, and completed solely by men.” The August edition of Godey’s Lady’s Book even reported “No woman had laid a rail and no woman had made a survey.” Although the physical task of building the railroad had been achieved by men, women made significant and lasting contributions to the historic operation. However, the female connection with railroading dates as far back as 1838 when women were hired as registered nurses/stewardesses in passenger cars. Those ladies attended to the medical needs of travelers and also acted as hostesses of sorts helping passengers have a comfortable journey. Beyond nursing and service roles, however, women played a larger part in the actual creation of the rail lines than they have been given credit for. Miss E. F. Sawyer became the first female telegraph operator when she was hired by the Burlington Railroad in Montgomery, Illinois, in 1872. Eliza Murfey focused on the mechanics of the railroad, creating devices for improving the way bearings on a rail wheel attached to train cars responded to the axles. Murfey held sixteen patents for her 1870 invention. In 1879, another woman inventor named Mary Elizabeth Walton developed a system that deflected emissions from the smoke stacks on railroad locomotives. She was awarded two patents for her pollution reducing device. Their stories and many more are included in this illustrated volume celebrating women and the railroad.
Author : Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047650457
Author : James C. Klotter,Daniel Rowland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813140438
Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts, architecture, and music, and the center of the horse breeding and racing industries. The national impact of the Bluegrass was further confirmed by prominent Kentucky figures such as Henry Clay and John C. Breckinridge. Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852, chronicles Lexington's development as one of the most important educational and cultural centers in America during the first half of the nineteenth century. Editors Daniel Rowland and James C. Klotter gather leading scholars to examine the successes and failures of Central Kentuckians from statehood to the death of Henry Clay, in an investigation of the area's cultural and economic development and national influence. Bluegrass Renaissance is an interdisciplinary study of the evolution of Lexington's status as antebellum Kentucky's cultural metropolis.
Author : Kathryn L. Johnson
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 188266440X
A compilation of lessons by 20 notable authors of children's literature, this book will motivate your students to become successful writers. Lessons encourage children to wonder, think, imagine, explore, and create as they write their stories. This book is perfect for teachers wanting to develop their students' writing skills. Grades 2-8
Author : Jesse Lynch Williams,Edwin Mark Norris
Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101081978098
Author : Freda Jackson
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926741758
Trained as a nurse and midwife, Elizabeth Evans never wanted to help set up the fledgling town of Aspen Coulee, Alberta, but travels there with her father when he agrees to become the town doctor. Housekeeper at the Evans’ house, Ann Montgomery hoped to keep all her San Francisco secrets locked in her ancient wedding chest. It is 1907, and the Canadian Pacific Railway is driving the engine of the west. Against the fluid backdrop of the Canadian prairies, For a Modest Fee is a story about the women of the era and the expectations that made them the primary caretakers of not only their own families, but of the entire town. A hundred years ago, choices for women were few; married or single, they all stepped into the roles thrust upon them. For a Modest Fee is a fascinating novel that looks at the evolution, in a few short years, of a prairie town from windblown wilderness to a fitting place for flowerboxes and school recitals.
Author : Tricia Rose
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781429923453
The Sexual Lives of Black Women, In Their Own Words In a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. In their absence, commonly held perceptions of black women as teenage mothers, welfare recipients, mammies, or exotic sexual playthings remain unchanged. For fear that telling their stories will fulfill society's implicit expectations about their sexuality, most black women have retreated into silence. Tricia Rose seeks to break this silence and jump-start a dialogue by presenting, for the first time, the sexual testimonies of black women. Spanning a broad range of ages, levels of education, and socioeconomic backgrounds, twenty women, in their own words, talk with startling honesty about sex, love, family, relationships, and intimacy. Their stories dispel prevailing myths and provide revealing insights into how black women navigate the complex terrain of sexuality. Nuanced, rich, and powerful, Longing to Tell will be required reading for anyone interested in issues of race and gender.
