The Gentle General

Author : Elaine Leeder
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0791416720

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The Gentle General by Elaine Leeder Pdf

This is the first major biography of Rose Pesotta, the organizer and vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) from 1933 to 1944. After moving to the United States from the Ukraine in 1913, Pesotta became involved in the resurgence of the garment workers’ industry, women’s labor colleges, and labor activism. While working for the union, she confronted serious opposition as a woman and an anarchist within an all-male bureaucracy. This book chronicles Pesotta’s life while exploring a number of personal political themes. The author examines Pesotta’s relationships and friendships as they reflect the issues of gender, power, and sexuality, paying particular attention to her relationships with Sacco and Vanzetti and with Emma Goldman. In the course of this biography, Leeder portrays the inherent conflicts between anarchism and bureaucratic organization and between female consciousness and male-dominated institutions. The book explores the potential for pragmatic activism by social visionaries and offers clear contextual frameworks within which to compare and contrast Pesotta to others in similar historical roles.

Author : Clifton La Bree
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0873386868

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The Gentle Warrior by Clifton La Bree Pdf

In November 1950, United Nations forces in Korea narrowly escaped being overrun by Chinese Communist forces, due to the military expertise of General Oliver Prince Smith. Using the general's own notes and diaries, this book describes Smith's long and distinguished career, his command in Iceland in 1940, in the Pacific campaigns, and in Korea. The general's wartime dealings witrh military and political leaders is also discussed, paying tribute to a man called the gentle warrior.

Author : Dee Alexander Brown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803250258

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The Gentle Tamers by Dee Alexander Brown Pdf

Presents portraits of the outstanding women who helped settle the Western frontier

Author : Helen Kate Rogers Furness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030029544345

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A concordance to Shakespeare's poems: an index to every word therin contained by Helen Kate Rogers Furness Pdf

Author : Don Lord
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781490809267

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The Gentle Revolutionaries by Don Lord Pdf

The Gentle Revolutionaries is a novel based on the lives of two prominent American missionaries, Dan and Emelie Bradley, who became close friends with the famous monk, later King Mongkut. They arrived in Thailand (Siam) in 1835 and made significant contributions to Thailand's medical, social and intellectual history. Their diaries and letters, as well as the Thai's evaluation of them, destroys the false image of Thailand an English writer had created. The Bradleys and their missionary coworkers came from New York's "Burned Over District," famous for its policy of accepting women as social equals. Thai nobles basically treated missionary women as their husbands did, respectfully and warmly. Anna Leonowens, who served as an English teacher for the children and wives of King Mongkut, later fabricated two novels about him that were bestsellers. Unfortunately, these books were innocently used as the basis for Margaret Landon's novel, Anna and the King of Siam, which was made into successful Broadway and Hollywood musicals. The Thai and the missionaries were so close that two missionaries negotiated Thailand's treaties with the United States and England. Missionaries also led the battle against smallpox and inspired the Thai to replace their antiquated educational system with one similar to Western schools. The best example of the Thai/missionary mutual respect came when an American ambassador to Thailand was shocked to discover at a royal dinner with King Chulalongkorn, that not he, but a missionary wife sat at the right hand of the king.

Author : Robert William Bruce
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595138913

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The Gentle Dragon by Robert William Bruce Pdf

Bill Lloyd, retired Navy Intelligence Commander, and Dorothy (his wife and daughter of Dr. Baker, Bill’s friend at the FBI) are traveling on vacation on California Hwy. 101. Walking into a restaurant they are horrified to discover their country has been taken over by China, with cooperation from the Russians. They rush to Bill’s son’s cabin in the Lake Tahoe hills to hide and plan what action to take. The mainstay of the US Navy Pacific Fleet in San Diego is bombed with chemical warheads that annihilate all staff and crews. The same happens to the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, VA. But Clint Lloyd, Bills’ son, has ideas for revenge!

Author : Thomas Deloney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1680
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021512586

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The Pleasant and Princely History of the Gentle-Craft, etc. B.L. by Thomas Deloney Pdf

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCD:31175004142306

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The Shakespeare Phrase Book by John Bartlett Pdf

Author : Martti Koskenniemi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139429436

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The Gentle Civilizer of Nations by Martti Koskenniemi Pdf

International law was born from the impulse to 'civilize' late nineteenth-century attitudes towards race and society, argues Martti Koskenniemi in this study of the rise and fall of modern international law. This book combines legal analysis, historical and political critique and semi-biographical studies of key figures and institutions.

Author : Victoria. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWBZAF

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Parliamentary Debates by Victoria. Parliament Pdf

Author : Henry Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074877337

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Reginald Hetherege and Leighton Court by Henry Kingsley Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116492554

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368809553

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Report of the Civil Service Commission to the President by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924015160124

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American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association Pdf

Author : Illinois. Constitutional Convention
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Constitutional conventions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064224582

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Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois by Illinois. Constitutional Convention Pdf