Women Of Martha S Vineyard

Author : Thomas Dresser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614239307

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Women of Martha's Vineyard by Thomas Dresser Pdf

Generations of women have traveled to Martha's Vineyard to find solace in its calming waves and varied shoreline. Many prominent and capable women set down roots, contributing to the fabric of the community on the island. Learn of the brilliant poet Nancy Luce, who lived in isolation with her chickens. Emily Post, whose name is synonymous with good manners, sought respite from her personal struggles on the Vineyard. Famed horticulturalist Polly Hill left a perennial legacy for islanders with her tranquil arboretum. In the twentieth century, novelist Dorothy West captured the beauty of Martha's Vineyard with her work. Historian Thomas Dresser provides a series of biographical sketches of these extraordinary women who were bound by their love of the island.

Author : Tom Dresser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439671191

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Ghosts of Martha's Vineyard by Tom Dresser Pdf

Martha's Vineyard has always been known as a charming seaside destination. But on this island, a cautious tour reveals darker tales that lie beneath its familiar exterior. Walk by the House of Correction, where Old Joe patrols the cells in the afterlife. Savor spirits at the Kelley House, where the ghost of the widow of a whaleman rolls Christmas ornaments across the floor and appears by the fireplace. Meander into the Victorian Inn, now The Christopher, where a honeymooning couple was spooked by towels flung on the floor and a rug that wiggled from beneath their four-poster. Local author and historian Thomas Dresser explores haunted happenings from all six island towns, as well as tales of pirates, murder and the afterlife.

Author : Thomas Dresser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439670309

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The Rise of Tourism on Martha's Vineyard by Thomas Dresser Pdf

Now known as a resort community and vacation destination, Martha's Vineyard was once a simple fishing and whaling community. From the popularity of the Methodist Campground, founded in 1835, the Vineyard soon blossomed into a summer vacation mecca, welcoming visitors to its quaint villages and scenic seashores. As whaling lost its economic dominance, tourism became the catalyst for a revived prosperity on the Vineyard. President Grant's visit to the Vineyard in 1874 drew national attention and marked the beginning of several presidential visits to the island. By 1900, Oak Bluffs had developed an amusement park atmosphere with the iconic Flying Horses, toboggan slide and grand seaside hotels. Join local historian Tom Dresser as he reveals the island's transformation into a premier tourist destination.

Author : Thomas Dresser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467152662

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Martha's Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties by Thomas Dresser Pdf

The Roaring Twenties were filled with a range of events, experiences, fears, laws and advances that impacted Martha's Vineyard. Island residents were involved in rumrunning. Dozens died of the Spanish Flu. Women voted on Island. Dorothy West joined the Harlem Renaissance. Immigration from the Azores slowed, and airplanes landed in Katama. Tourism blossomed and business boomed. Local author Thomas Dresser shares the back story and the import of this remarkable decade and how it has shaped Vineyarders.

Author : Thomas Dresser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859037

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Whaling on Martha's Vineyard by Thomas Dresser Pdf

Martha's Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From shorewhaling to daring voyages into the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the insular whaling community offered a tempting path for many young Vineyarders to rise from cabin boy to captain. Local businesses were enticed by the potential profit from whaling voyages, and many reaped generous rewards from successful whale oil harvests. Through memoirs, music and memorabilia, author Thomas Dresser recounts this dramatic history of the bygone era of whaling on Martha's Vineyard.

Author : Rosemary Skinner Keller,Rosemary Radford Ruether,Marie Cantlon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Women
ISBN : 025334686X

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Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Women and religion: methods of study and reflection by Rosemary Skinner Keller,Rosemary Radford Ruether,Marie Cantlon Pdf

A fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.

Author : Emma Brodie
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593318621

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Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie Pdf

"A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction, alive with music, sex, and fame, Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969 at the crossroads of rock and folk, for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six"--

Author : Heather Huyck
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442264182

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Doing Women's History in Public by Heather Huyck Pdf

A complete guide to interpreting women’s history. Women’s history is everywhere, not only in historic house museums named for women but also in homes named for famous men, museums of every conceivable kind, forts and battlefields, even ships, mines, and in buckets. Women’s history while present at every museum and historic site remains less fully interpreted in spite of decades of vibrant and expansive scholarship. Doing Women’s History in Public: A Handbook for Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites connects that scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-- the objects, architecture and landscapes-- in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them. With numerous examples that focus on all women and girls, it appropriately includes everyone, for women intersect with every other human group. This book provides arguments, sources (written, oral, and visual), and tools for finding women’s history, preserving it, and interpreting it with the public. It uses the framework of Significance (importance), Knowledge Base (research in primary, secondary, and tertiary sources), and Tangible Resources (the preserved physical embodiment of history in objects, architecture, and landscapes). Discusses traditional and technology-assisted interpretation and provides Tools to implement Doing Women’s History in Public. Using a hospitality model, museums and historic sites are the locales where we assemble, learn from each other, and take our insights into a more gender-shared future.

Author : Susan Ware
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 067401488X

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Notable American Women by Susan Ware Pdf

This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.

Author : Amanda Hilliard Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786476367

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The Williamston Freedom Movement by Amanda Hilliard Smith Pdf

During the summer of 1963 civil rights movements were taking place all over the South. In northeastern North Carolina the struggle for freedom focused on the small town of Williamston, where a legacy of voting rights advocacy and a history of violence caught the attention of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Massachusetts chapter of the SCLC sent fifteen white ministers to Williamston in November in an attempt to increase media coverage. Just as the movement was gaining traction, John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the nation lost interest in Williamston. So far the Williamston Freedom Movement has remained little known, though its impact was significant locally. This book details the events and those who participated, and includes 19 interviews with members of both the black and white community. By studying local movements, historians can better understand how ordinary people contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.

Author : Colleen Barnett
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781615950096

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Mystery Women, Volume Two (Revised) by Colleen Barnett Pdf

Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound. Look at the popularity of such reading guides as Willetta Heising's Detecting Women (3rd ed. 0-9644593-7-X) or Amanda Cross' fiction (Honest Doubt 0-345-44011-0 11/00).

Author : Thomas Dresser; Foreword by Nancy Gardella, Director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467143370

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Rise of Tourism on Martha's Vineyard, The by Thomas Dresser; Foreword by Nancy Gardella, Director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce Pdf

Now known as a resort community and vacation destination, Martha's Vineyard was once a simple fishing and whaling community. From the popularity of the Methodist Campground, founded in 1835, the Vineyard soon blossomed into a summer vacation mecca, welcoming visitors to its quaint villages and scenic seashores. As whaling lost its economic dominance, tourism became the catalyst for a revived prosperity on the Vineyard. President Grant's visit to the Vineyard in 1874 drew national attention and marked the beginning of several presidential visits to the island. By 1900, Oak Bluffs had developed an amusement park atmosphere with the iconic Flying Horses, toboggan slide and grand seaside hotels. Join local historian Tom Dresser as he reveals the island's transformation into a premier tourist destination.

Author : Melody Carlson
Publisher : Ellie Claire
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1609361105

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Love Finds You in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts by Melody Carlson Pdf

Waverly Brennan is looking for a new start, and so she agrees to come help her mother set up a gallery in Martha's Vineyard, but when that falls apart, Blake Ericson and his young daughter provide another reason for staying.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119625650

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Women in Business by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise Pdf

Author : Karen F Wyche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000011241

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Women's Ethnicities by Karen F Wyche Pdf

Eighteen women psychologists address issues of diversity while exploring the effects of essentialism - the presumed sameness of all women. By exposing how their own work incorporates their gender and ethnicities, the contributors embark on a journey of awareness built on communication and collaboration. Discussing dilemmas of gender and ethnicity