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This Land Is Herland

Author : Sarah Eppler Janda
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806178590
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book This Land Is Herland written by Sarah Eppler Janda and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since well before ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 secured their right to vote, women in Oklahoma have sought to change and uplift their communities through political activism. This Land Is Herland brings together the stories of thirteen women activists and explores their varied experiences from the territorial period to the present. Organized chronologically, the essays discuss Progressive reformer Kate Barnard, educator and civil rights leader Clara Luper, and Comanche leader and activist LaDonna Harris, as well as lesser-known individuals such as Cherokee historian and educator Rachel Caroline Eaton, entrepreneur and NAACP organizer California M. Taylor, and Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) champion Wanda Jo Peltier Stapleton. Edited by Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin, the collection connects Oklahoma women’s individual and collective endeavors to the larger themes of intersectionality, suffrage, politics, motherhood, and civil rights in the American West and the United States. The historians explore how race, ethnicity, social class, gender, and political power shaped—and were shaped by—these women’s efforts to improve their local, state, and national communities. Underscoring the diversity of women’s experiences, the editors and contributors provide fresh and engaging perspectives on the western roots of gendered activism in Oklahoma. This volume expands and enhances our understanding of the complexities of western women’s history.

The Oklahoma Historical Society

Author : Oklahoma Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Oklahoma Historical Society written by Oklahoma Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Life on Fire

Author : Connie Cronley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806177756
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book A Life on Fire written by Connie Cronley and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “How can women wear diamonds when babies cry for bread?” Kate Barnard demanded in one of the incendiary stump speeches for which she was well known. In A Life on Fire, Connie Cronley tells the story of Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (1875–1930), a fiery political reformer and the first woman elected to state office in Oklahoma, as commissioner of charities and corrections in 1907—almost fifteen years before women won the right to vote in the United States. Born to hardscrabble settlers on the Nebraska prairie, Barnard committed her energy, courage, and charismatic oratory to the cause of Progressive reform and became a political powerhouse and national celebrity. As a champion of the poor, workers, children, the imprisoned, and the mentally ill, Barnard advocated for compulsory education, prison reform, improved mental health treatment, and laws against child labor. Before statehood, she stumped across the Twin Territories to unite farmers and miners into a powerful political alliance. She also helped write Oklahoma’s Progressive constitution, creating what some heralded as “a new kind of state.” But then she took on the so-called “Indian Question.” Defending Native orphans against a conspiracy of graft that reached from Oklahoma to Washington, D.C., she uncovered corrupt authorities and legal guardians stealing oil, gas, and timber rights from Native Americans’ federal allotments. In retaliation, legislators and grafters closed ranks and defunded her state office. Broken in health and heart, she left public office and died a recluse. She remains, however, a riveting figure in Oklahoma history, a fearless activist on behalf of the weak and helpless.

Oklahoma City's Midtown

Author : Bradley Wynn
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738594377
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma City's Midtown written by Bradley Wynn and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Oklahoma City would be incomplete without its suburban Midtown, a work-and-play community nearly as old as the city itself. Located along the northern edge of downtown, Midtown has become a surging community of diverse neighborhoods, businesses, and dynamic revitalization efforts within its nearly 387 acres. Among this areas unique attractions are Oklahomas first hospital, grocery store, and kindergarten, as well as surviving territorial Victorian homes and so much more. These pages contain numerous imagespublished for the first timethat capture the moments and people from the Midtown community that shaped downtown Oklahoma City. From the first land rush in 1889 to innovations that would change medicine worldwide, this is the story of Oklahoma Citys Midtown.--Amazon.com.

The University of Oklahoma

Author : David W. Levy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806137032
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The University of Oklahoma written by David W. Levy and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first in a projected three-volume definitive history, traces the University’s progress from territorial days to 1917. David W. Levy examines the people and events surrounding the school’s formation and development, chronicling the determined ambition of pioneers to transform a seemingly barren landscape into a place where a worthy institution of higher education could thrive. The University of Oklahoma was established by the territorial legislature in 1890. With that act, Norman became the educational center of the future state. Levy captures the many factors—academic, political, financial, religious—that shaped the University. Drawing on a great depth of research in primary documents, he depicts the University’s struggles to meet its goals as it confronted political interference, financial uncertainty, and troubles ranging from disastrous fires to populist witch hunts. Yet he also portrays determined teachers and optimistic students who understood the value of a college education. Written in an engaging style and enhanced by an array of historical photographs, this volume is a testimony to the citizens who overcame formidable obstacles to build a school that satisfied their ambitions and embodied their hopes for the future.

Black Cat 2-1

Author : Bob Ford
Publisher : BrownBooks.ORM
ISBN 13 : 1612542441
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Black Cat 2-1 written by Bob Ford and published by BrownBooks.ORM. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This moving memoir about the gritty life of a military helicopter pilot fills a gap in the genre of Vietnam literature.”—Foreword Reviews In the Vietnam War, 2,197 helicopter pilots and 2,717 crew members were killed. Black Cat 2-1 is the story of one pilot who made it home and the valiant men he served with who risked their lives for the troops on the ground. Bob Ford invites readers into the Huey helicopters he flew on more than 1,000 missions when he and his men dared to protect and rescue. For those whose voices were silenced in that faraway place or who have never told their stories, he creates a tribute that reads like a thriller, captures the humor of men at war, and resounds with respect for those who served with honor. An Oklahoma Book Award Finalist “Bob Ford’s account of his year in the command seat of his ship of salvation is a priceless contribution to the literary canon of that war.”—David A. Maurer, Special Forces veteran, author of The Dying Place “[Ford] brings to life his story so the reader can experience what it may have been like—and how the troops felt at the time. With moments that feel like they were written for a movie, Black Cat 2-1 will take you in the air over Vietnam and through some of the hardest missions you could expect.”—Week99er “This memoir is hard to beat.”—Air & Space/Smithsonian “Capably written.”—Publishers Weekly “Refreshing . . . evocative descriptions of combat flying.”—The VVA Veteran

Tony Hillerman

Author : James McGrath Morris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806178655
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Tony Hillerman written by James McGrath Morris and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist The author of eighteen spellbinding detective novels set on the Navajo Nation, Tony Hillerman simultaneously transformed a traditional genre and unlocked the mysteries of the Navajo culture to an audience of millions. His best-selling novels added Navajo Tribal Police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee to the pantheon of American fictional detectives. Morris offers a balanced portrait of Hillerman’s personal and professional life and provides a timely appreciation of his work. In intimate detail, Morris captures the author’s early years in Depression-era Oklahoma; his near-death experience in World War II; his sixty-year marriage to Marie; his family life, including six children, five of them adopted; his work in the trenches of journalism; his affliction with PTSD and its connection to his enchantment with Navajo spirituality; and his ascension as one of America’s best-known writers of mysteries. Further, Morris uncovers the almost accidental invention of Hillerman’s iconic detective Joe Leaphorn and the circumstances that led to the addition of Jim Chee as his partner. Hillerman’s novels were not without controversy. Morris examines the charges of cultural appropriation leveled at the author toward the end of his life. Yet, for many readers, including many Native Americans, Hillerman deserves critical acclaim for his knowledgeable and sensitive portrayal of Diné (Navajo) history, culture, and identity. At the time of Hillerman’s death, more than 20 million copies of his books were in print, and his novels inspired Robert Redford to adapt several of them to film. In weaving together all the elements of Hillerman’s life, Morris drew on the untapped collection of the author’s papers, extensive archival research, interviews with friends, colleagues, and family, as well as travel in the Navajo Nation. Filled with never-before-told anecdotes and fresh insights, Tony Hillerman will thrill the author’s fans and awaken new interest in his life and literary legacy.

Voices of Oklahoma

Author : John Erling
Publisher : Mullerhaus Publishing Arts
ISBN 13 : 9780997841091
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Voices of Oklahoma written by John Erling and published by Mullerhaus Publishing Arts. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 30 years John Erling entertained Tulsans as the stimulating host of Erling in the Morning on KRMG radio. Known for his interviews with people of all walks of life--from politicians to celebrities to everyday people--John provided the perfect forum on his talk show to deliberate the hottest local and national topics. As a well-respected community leader and member of the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, Erling is now devoting his energy and enthusiasm to the VoicesofOklahoma.com oral history project. He has interviewed hundreds of his fellow Oklahomans for this endeavor. All have had stories that serve to inspire, instruct, and entertain future generations of Oklahomans. In commemoration of the project's tenth anniversary, this book has been written to introduce VoicesofOklahoma.com to a new audience, and to provide dedicated visitors with some of their favorite stories between the covers of a book.

Tourists of History

Author : Marita Sturken
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822341222
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Tourists of History written by Marita Sturken and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVStudy of how the memorials created in Oklahoma City and at the World Trade Center site raise questions about the relationship between cultural memory and consumerism./div

Boom Town

Author : Sam Anderson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0804137323
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Boom Town written by Sam Anderson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.

Reference Materials Program

Author : National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of Research Programs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Reference Materials Program written by National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of Research Programs and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Green Grow the Lilacs

Author : Lynn Riggs
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573609626
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1931 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama / 10m, 4f, extras This evocative play charting the rocky romance between headstrong farmgirl Laurey and cocky cowhand Curley in a tale of early America during the settlement of the midwest was the basis of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! Using the colorful vernacular of the period, Green Grow the Lilacs paints a picture of pioneer farmlife with colorful characters and language, presenting a dramatic challenge to professionals and amateurs alike.

Tiny You

Author : Jennifer L. Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0520295862
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Tiny You written by Jennifer L. Holland and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Bancroft History Prize 2021, Denver Public Library Armitage-Jameson Prize 2021, Coalition of Western Women's History David J. Weber Prize 2021, Western History Association W. Turrentine Jackson Prize 2021, Western History Association Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abortion. While Americans have rapidly changed their minds about sex education, pornography, arts funding, gay teachers, and ultimately gay marriage, opposition to legalized abortion has only grown. As other socially conservative movements have lost young activists, the pro-life movement has successfully recruited more young people to its cause. Jennifer L. Holland explores why abortion dominates conservative politics like no other cultural issue. Looking at anti-abortion movements in four western states since the 1960s--turning to the fetal pins passed around church services, the graphic images exchanged between friends, and the fetus dolls given to children in school--she argues that activists made fetal life feel personal to many Americans. Pro-life activists persuaded people to see themselves in the pins, images, and dolls they held in their hands and made the fight against abortion the primary bread-and-butter issue for social conservatives. Holland ultimately demonstrates that the success of the pro-life movement lies in the borrowed logic and emotional power of leftist activism.

Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts

Author : Steven L. Hensen
Publisher : Chicago : Society of American Archivists
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts written by Steven L. Hensen and published by Chicago : Society of American Archivists. This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historic Oklahoma County

Author : Pendleton Woods
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619257
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Historic Oklahoma County written by Pendleton Woods and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Oklanoma County, Oklanoma, paired with histories of the local companies.

Oklahoma

Author : Guy Baldwin
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761440321
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma written by Guy Baldwin and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma is a land of great variety, both in its landscape and in its people. From its rocky mountains to its sleep valleys, from marshy wetlands to dusty deserts, from the hundreds of lakes to some of the largest fields of grassy prairie land, Oklahoma is unique. It is a land of cowboys and oil rigs, prairie dogs and vast fields of gypsum that brightly reflect the sun like glass. In all of Oklahoma's variety, it is an interesting state to visit and an exciting state to call home. Book jacket.

Oklahoma

Author : Robert L. Dorman, Ph.D.
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 144880843X
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma written by Robert L. Dorman, Ph.D. and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers readers a comprehensive look at the past and present of the state of Oklahoma, including its peoples, industries, arts, and culture. Colorful maps and informative and fun sidebars support the main narrative. Readers will love this journey To The state with the motto "Labor Omnia Vincit," which means labor conquers all things.