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First Lady of the Revolution

Author : Henrietta Boggs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548464592
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book First Lady of the Revolution written by Henrietta Boggs and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting an aunt and uncle in the exotic countryside of Costa Rica, a young Southern Belle from Alabama accepted a ride on the back of a motorcycle driven by a charismatic local farmer - a ride that would propel her down narrow mountain roads and into history.First Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable autobiography of Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire, who met and married the man who would transform Costa Rica. With Do�a Henrietta at his side, Jos� "Don Pepe" Figueres' 1948 Revolution ended not in a military dictatorship, but in a lasting model democracy and economic success in a region known for neither. Their love story marked the beginning of an era that ushered in dramatic reforms - including abolishing the military, giving women and minorities the right to vote and participate in the political process, and laying the groundwork for the high literacy rates and environmental policies that exist in Costa Rica today.Henrietta's rare and riveting eyewitness account of hemisphere-rocking events is now the inspiration for the award-winning documentary, First Lady of the Revolution.

Abigail Adams

Author : Patricia Lakin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689870329
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Abigail Adams written by Patricia Lakin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the supportive wife of President John Adams details the life of this extraordinary woman who used her love for learning, for her family, and for her country to shape the early history of the United States.

First Ladies of the Republic

Author : Jeanne E. Abrams
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147988653X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book First Ladies of the Republic written by Jeanne E. Abrams and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: first ladies of the republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the forging of an American role -- Martha Washington: the road to the first ladyship -- Abigail and John Adams: the long apprenticeship to the White House -- Abigail Adams: the second first lady -- Dolley Madison: the first lady as "queen of America"--Conclusion: the first ladyship launched

Martha Washington

Author : Helen Bryan
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470245093
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Martha Washington written by Helen Bryan and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-03 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without Martha and her fortune, George might never have risen to social, military, and political prominence.Toward the end of his life, George Washington, war hero, retired president, and object of universal fame and veneration, was negotiating to purchase a plot of land in the new capital city, to be named in his honor. The seller, an aged veteran of the Revolution, was reluctant to part with the plot, even to so distinguished a purchaser. Washington persisted until the veteran's patience snapped: 'You think people take every grist that comes from you as the pure grain. What would you have been if you hadn't married the Widow Custis!' " -from the Introduction to Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washington was a central figure in some of the most important events in American history. Her story is a saga of social conflict, forbidden love affairs, ambiguous wills, mysterious death, heartbreaking loss, and personal and political triumph. Every detail is brought to vivid life in this engaging and astonishing biography of one of the best known, least understood figures in early American life.

I Was Never the First Lady

Author : Wendy Guerra
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062990764
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book I Was Never the First Lady written by Wendy Guerra and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I Was Never The First Lady stitches together threads of island and identity until they became one and the same…Guerra’s own unpredictable book is haunting, complicated, [and] linguistically beautiful.” -- The New York Times A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra’s mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she’s an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn’t quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia. Leaving Cuba offers her the chance to find her long lost mother and her real father. But as she embarks on a journey east, Nadia soon begins to question everything she thought she knew and understood about her past. As Nadia discovers more about her family, her fate becomes entwined with that of Celia Sanchez, an icon of the Cuban Revolution—a resistance fighter, ingenious spy, and the rumored lover of Fidel Castro. A tale of revolutionary ideals and promise, Celia’s story interweaves with Nadia’s search for meaning, and eventually reveals secrets Nadia could never have dreamed. Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas

Married to a Legend, Don Pepe

Author : Henrietta Boggs (Macguire)
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435719735
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Married to a Legend, Don Pepe written by Henrietta Boggs (Macguire) and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire, originally from Birmingham, Alabama and now residing in Montgomery is the 1st First Lady of Costa Rica. Married to a Legend, Don Pepe is the autobiography of Dona Henrietta's life during her time in Costa Rica and marriage to Don Pepe Figueres, former President of Costa Rica. From a young student at Birmingham Southern College to the first, First Lady of the Second Republic of Costa Rica, Henrietta propels us into her life of adventure, marriage, exile, motherhood, revolution, and leadership in this remarkable memoir. It begins in 1940 when Dona Henrietta received a postcard from an aunt and uncle who had settled in Costa Rica after living in several Latin American countries. After falling in love with the postcard, the audacious young Henrietta started one of her many astounding life journeys, literally following the card to Costa Rica. The rest as they say, is history-literally.

The Firebrand and the First Lady

Author : Patricia Bell-Scott
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679767290
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Firebrand and the First Lady written by Patricia Bell-Scott and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. “A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —Essence In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

First Lady of Letters

Author : Sheila L. Skemp
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812203526
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book First Lady of Letters written by Sheila L. Skemp and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), poet, essayist, playwright, and one of the most thoroughgoing advocates of women's rights in early America, was as well known in her own day as Abigail Adams or Martha Washington. Her name, though, has virtually disappeared from the public consciousness. Thanks to the recent discovery of Murray's papers—including some 2,500 personal letters—historian Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of this talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman. Born in Gloucester, Massachussetts, Murray moved to Boston in 1793 with her second husband, Universalist minister John Murray. There she became part of the city's literary scene. Two of her plays were performed at Federal Street Theater, making her the first American woman to have a play produced in Boston. There as well she wrote and published her magnum opus, The Gleaner, a three-volume "miscellany" that included poems, essays, and the novel-like story "Margaretta." After 1800, Murray's output diminished and her hopes for literary renown faded. Suffering from the backlash against women's rights that had begun to permeate American society, struggling with economic difficulties, and concerned about providing the best possible education for her daughter, she devoted little time to writing. But while her efforts diminished, they never ceased. Murray was determined to transcend the boundaries that limited women of her era and worked tirelessly to have women granted the same right to the "pursuit of happiness" immortalized in the Declaration of Independence. She questioned the meaning of gender itself, emphasizing the human qualities men and women shared, arguing that the apparent distinctions were the consequence of nurture, not nature. Although she was disappointed in the results of her efforts, Murray nevertheless left a rich intellectual and literary legacy, in which she challenged the new nation to fulfill its promise of equality to all citizens.

Martha Washington

Author : Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 076606476X
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Martha Washington written by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the life of the wife of first president George Washington from her childhood in Virginia, to her marriage to Daniel Parke Custis and her years as a wealthy widow, through her marriage to Washington. It highlights her role in supporting Washington through the years of the American Revolution, showing how she set standards to be followed by future First Ladies throughout American history.

Martha Washington

Author : Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780766010178
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Martha Washington written by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the life of the wife of first president George Washington from her childhood in Virginia, to her marriage to Daniel Parke Custis and her years as a wealthy widow, through her marriage to Washington. It highlights her role in supporting Washington through the years of the American Revolution, showing how she set standards to be followed by future First Ladies throughout American history.

First Lady of Letters

Author : Sheila L. Skemp
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812241402
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book First Lady of Letters written by Sheila L. Skemp and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), poet, essayist, playwright, and one of the most thoroughgoing advocates of women's rights in early America, was as well known in her own day as Abigail Adams or Martha Washington. Her name, though, has virtually disappeared from the public consciousness. Thanks to the recent discovery of Murray's papers—including some 2,500 personal letters—historian Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of this talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman. Born in Gloucester, Massachussetts, Murray moved to Boston in 1793 with her second husband, Universalist minister John Murray. There she became part of the city's literary scene. Two of her plays were performed at Federal Street Theater, making her the first American woman to have a play produced in Boston. There, as well, she wrote and published her magnum opus, The Gleaner, a three-volume "miscellany" that included poems, essays, and the novel-like story "Margaretta." After 1800, Murray's output diminished and her hopes for literary renown faded. Suffering from the backlash against women's rights that had begun to permeate American society, struggling with economic difficulties, and concerned about providing the best possible education for her daughter, she devoted little time to writing. But while her efforts diminished, they never ceased. Murray was determined to transcend the boundaries that limited women of her era and worked tirelessly to have women granted the same right to the "pursuit of happiness" immortalized in the Declaration of Independence. She questioned the meaning of gender itself, emphasizing the human qualities men and women shared, arguing that the apparent distinctions were the consequence of nurture, not nature. Although she was disappointed in the results of her efforts, Murray nevertheless left a rich intellectual and literary legacy, in which she challenged the new nation to fulfill its promise of equality to all citizens.

Hisila

Author : Hisila Yami
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780143427896
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Hisila written by Hisila Yami and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Abigail Adams

Author : Pat McCarthy
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766016187
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Abigail Adams written by Pat McCarthy and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of the woman who is sometimes referred to as America's first feminist. From her youth in Massachusetts to her active role as advisor to John Adams, Abigail Adams showed future first ladies how much of an influence a woman could have on the government of the United States.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Author : Lois Scharf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Eleanor Roosevelt written by Lois Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography is a moving tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt, who is one of the most respected people in modern history.

Abigail Adams

Author : Patricia Lakin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781415683156
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Abigail Adams written by Patricia Lakin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the supportive wife of President John Adams details the life of this extraordinary woman who used her love for learning, for her family, and for her country to shape the early history of the United States.

Married to a Legend

Author : Henrietta Boggs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781541034914
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Married to a Legend written by Henrietta Boggs and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting an aunt and uncle in the exotic countryside of Costa Rica, a young Southern Belle from Alabama accepted a ride on the back of a motorcycle driven by a charismatic local farmer - a ride that would propel her down narrow mountain roads and into history.Married to a Legend: My Life with Don Pepe is the remarkable autobiography of Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire, who met and married the man who would transform Costa Rica. With Do�a Henrietta at his side, Jos� "Don Pepe" Figueres' 1948 Revolution ended not in a military dictatorship, but in a lasting model democracy and economic success in a region known for neither. Their love story marked the beginning of an era that ushered in dramatic reforms - including abolishing the military, giving women and minorities the right to vote and participate in the political process, and laying the groundwork for the high literacy rates and environmental policies that exist in Costa Rica today.Henrietta's rare and riveting eyewitness account of hemisphere-rocking events is now the inspiration for the award-winning documentary, First Lady of the Revolution.

First Lady

Author : Emily Apt Geer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book First Lady written by Emily Apt Geer and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Webb Hayes was the first president's wife to be referred to in the press as "The First Lady." Partly due to his wife's influence, President Rutherford B. Hayes established a temperance policy for White House entertaining that led to the derisive nickname for her of "Lemonade Lucy." This kind of public attention indicates the increasingly visible role the wives of presidents came to play in the post-Civil War years, and Lucy Hayes was the "first lady" so well suited to and well equipped for this role.--From book jacket.