Author : Ada Gobetti
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Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0199380546
From the entry of the Germans into Turin on September 10, 1943 to the liberation of the city on April 28, 1945, Ada Gobetti, translator, educator, and resistance activist, recorded an almost daily account of her life in the resistance movement against the fascist government and the Nazis. Part diary, part memoir, Gobetti's Diario partigiano (Partisan diary) provides a firsthand account of who the anti-fascist partisans in the Piedmont region of Italy were and how they fought.
Author : Ada White Bacot
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781570033865
The Civil War was the first major American conflict in which women nurses played a significant role. This diary records the daily experiences, hardships and joys of a Southern plantation owner and widow whose patriotism prompted her to care for confederate wounded.
Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 29,43 MB
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Page : 336 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 1914
Category : United States
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Author : Annette Bay Pimentel
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1492688983
2021 Schneider Family Book Award Young Children's Honor Book (American Library Association) Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this inspiring autobiographical picture book. This beautifully illustrated story includes a foreword from Jennifer and backmatter detailing her life and the history of the disability rights movement. This is the story of a little girl who just wanted to go, even when others tried to stop her. Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change—even if she was just a kid. She never thought her wheelchair could slow her down, but the way the world around her was built made it hard to do even simple things. Like going to school, or eating lunch in the cafeteria. Jennifer knew that everyone deserves a voice! Then the Americans with Disabilities Act, a law that would make public spaces much more accessible to people with disabilities, was proposed to Congress. And to make sure it passed, Jennifer went to the steps of the Capitol building in Washington DC to convince them. And, without her wheelchair, she climbed. ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP! A Rise: A Feminist Book Project Nominee A Junior Library Guild Selection All the Way to the Top is perfect for: Elementary school teachers looking for books to supplement disability rights curriculum and the history of the ADA (find a free Common-Core Aligned Educator Guide at www.sourcebooks.com) Parents looking for social justice picture books, books on activism and for young activists, and inspiring books for girls Parents, teachers, librarians, and guardians looking for beautifully illustrated, inspirational and educational books for young readers in their life
Author : Suzanne L. Bunkers
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 2001-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299172236
Diaries of Girls and Women captures and preserves the diverse lives of forty-seven girls and women who lived in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin between 1837 and 1999—young schoolgirls, adolescents coming of age, newlywed wives, mothers grieving the loss of children, teachers, nurses, elderly women, Luxembourger immigrant nuns, and women traveling abroad. A compelling work of living history, it brings together both diaries from historical society archives and diaries still in possession of the diarists or their descendents. Editor Suzanne L. Bunkers has selected these excerpts from more than 450 diaries she examined. Some diaries were kept only briefly, others through an entire lifetime; some diaries are the intensely private record of a life, others tell the story of an entire family and were meant to be saved and appreciated by future generations. By approaching diaries as historical documents, therapeutic tools, and a form of literature, Bunkers offers readers insight into the self-images of girls and women, the dynamics of families and communities, and the kinds of contributions that girls and women have made, past and present. As a representation of the girls and women of varied historical eras, locales, races, and economic circumstances who settled and populated the Midwest, Diaries of Girls and Women adds texture and pattern to the fabric of American history.
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Page : 854 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 1864
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Author : Frank Moore
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 1862
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Author : Enoch P. Waters
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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This book outlines the history of the Black press in America and the author speaks of his experiences as a journalist, and analyzes the attitudes of white journalists.
Author : Peggy Caravantes
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1613731019
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017 In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe." The first young adult book about Blackjack's remarkable story, Marooned in the Arctic includes sidebars on relevant topics of interest to teens, including the use cats on ships, the phenomenon known as Arctic hysteria, and aspects of Inuit culture and beliefs. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and telegrams; historic photos; a map; source notes; and a bibliography, this is an indispensible resource for any young adventure lover, classroom, or library.
