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The Weston Sisters

Author : Lee V. Chambers
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469618184
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Weston Sisters written by Lee V. Chambers and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work. The eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, became one of the antislavery movement's most influential members. In an extensive and original look at the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, Lee V. Chambers argues that it was the familial cooperation and support between sisters, dubbed "kin-work," that allowed women like the Westons to participate in the political process, marking a major change in women's roles from the domestic to the public sphere. The Weston sisters and abolitionist families like them supported each other in meeting the challenges of sickness, pregnancy, child care, and the myriad household responsibilities that made it difficult for women to engage in and sustain political activities. By repositioning the household and family to a more significant place in the history of American politics, Chambers examines connections between the female critique of slavery and patriarchy, ultimately arguing that it was family ties that drew women into the activism of public life and kept them there.

The Weston Sisters

Author : Lee V. Chambers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469618197
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book The Weston Sisters written by Lee V. Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women of the Anti-Slavery Movement

Author : Clare Taylor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349237663
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Women of the Anti-Slavery Movement written by Clare Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994-11-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British and American anti-slavery societies were established in the 1820s and 1830s and from an early date included women campaigners. Typical of female abolitionists, the Weston sisters wrote, collected monies and signatures for petitions but rarely spoke in public or advocated a peculiarly feminist cause. This study uncovers their work in America, Britain and France, their connections and campaigns and their contribution both to the anti-slavery movement and to the forging of an Anglo-American democratic alliance.

The Abolitionist Sisterhood

Author : Jean Fagan Yellin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501711423
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Abolitionist Sisterhood written by Jean Fagan Yellin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before "promiscuous" audiences including men and women—the antislavery women energetically created a diverse and dynamic political culture. A lively exploration of this nineteenth-century reform movement, The Abolitionist Sisterhood includes chapters on the principal female antislavery societies, discussions of black women's political culture in the antebellum North, articles on the strategies and tactics the antislavery women devised, a pictorial essay presenting rare graphics from both sides of abolitionist debates, and a final chapter comparing the experiences of the American and British women who attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

Ava and Pip

Author : Carol Weston
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402288719
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Ava and Pip written by Carol Weston and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet outgoing Ava Wren, a fun fifth grader who tries not to lose patience with her shy big sister. When Pip's 13th birthday party turns into a disaster, Ava gets a story idea for a library contest. But uh-oh, Ava should never have written "Sting of the Queen Bee." Can Ava and her new friend help Pip come out of her shell? And can Ava get out of the mess she has made? Praise for Ava and Pip: "Weston perfectly captures the complexities of sisterhood." -The New York Times "Charming! Surprising! Inspiring!"-Karen Bokram, Founding Editor of Girls' Life "An endearing story about two very different sisters." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A big W-O-W for Ava and Pip!"-Julie Sternberg, Like Pickle Juice On a Cookie "Ava Wren makes reading and writing so much fun, she deserves a T-O-P-S-P-O-T on your bookshelf. "-Dan Greenburg, author of The Zack Files and Secrets of Dripping Fang

The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina

Author : Gerda Lerner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195106032
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina written by Gerda Lerner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina, Gerda Lerner, herself a leading historian and pioneer in the study of Women's History, tells the story of these determined sisters and the contributions they made to the antislavery and woman's rights movements.

Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.

Author : Jenny Heijun Wills
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771070918
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. written by Jenny Heijun Wills and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction A beautiful and haunting memoir of kinship and culture rediscovered. Jenny Heijun Wills was born in Korea and adopted as an infant into a white family in small-town Canada. In her late twenties, she reconnected with her first family and returned to Seoul where she spent four months getting to know other adoptees, as well as her Korean mother, father, siblings, and extended family. At the guesthouse for transnational adoptees where she lived, alliances were troubled by violence and fraught with the trauma of separation and of cultural illiteracy. Unsurprisingly, heartbreakingly, Wills found that her nascent relationships with her family were similarly fraught. Ten years later, Wills sustains close ties with her Korean family. Her Korean parents and her younger sister attended her wedding in Montreal, and that same sister now lives in Canada. Remarkably, meeting Jenny caused her birth parents to reunite after having been estranged since her adoption. Little by little, Jenny Heijun Wills is learning and relearning her stories and those of her biological kin, piecing together a fragmented life into something resembling a whole. Delving into gender, class, racial, and ethnic complexities, as well as into the complex relationships between Korean women--sisters, mothers and daughters, grandmothers and grandchildren, aunts and nieces--Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. describes in visceral, lyrical prose the painful ripple effects that follow a child's removal from a family, and the rewards that can flow from both struggle and forgiveness.

Sisters of Element

Author : O. Salazar de Breaux
Publisher : Luna Family Chronicles
ISBN 13 : 9781733893701
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Sisters of Element written by O. Salazar de Breaux and published by Luna Family Chronicles. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four sisters with very special abilities. An evil presence threatening to destroy them. Will their powerful bond be enough to save each other? Sisters of Element is the first book in a series about the Luna sisters, four Mexican American young women living in present-day Percival Falls, Washington. Lina, Val, Zo, and Rory Luna have special abilities based on the elements: water, fire, air, and earth. Having lost their parents at an early age, the sisters have an unbreakable bond. When faced with a dark force that threatens their very existence, they don't hesitate to fiercely protect each other -- even if it means the ultimate sacrifice. Lina has it all -- her soulmate Gabriel, her dream job, and a close-knit relationship with her three younger sisters. But meeting her sister Val's new boyfriend triggers a series of nightmares leaving Lina frightened that something terrible is about to happen to her sister. Little does she know, she and her family are in even more danger than they could have imagined. Readers will go on a magical and mysterious journey with the Luna sisters. The characters will share their inner strength, their sacrifice, their resilience, and the power of sisterhood. At its heart, Sisters of Element is a story about unconditional love and how with it, you can overcome even the greatest obstacles.

August

Author : Tracy Letts
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458781410
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book August written by Tracy Letts and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August; Osage County a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest - and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed.

The Color Of Abolition

Author : Linda Hirshman
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328900355
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The Color Of Abolition written by Linda Hirshman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the fascinating, fraught alliance among Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman—and how its breakup led to the success of America’s most important social movement. “Fresh, provocative and engrossing.” —New York Times In the crucial early years of the Abolition movement, the Boston branch of the cause seized upon the star power of the eloquent ex-slave Frederick Douglass to make its case for slaves’ freedom. Journalist William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation while Garrison loyalist Maria Weston Chapman, known as “the Contessa,” raised money and managed Douglass’s speaking tour from her Boston townhouse. Conventional histories have seen Douglass’s departure for the New York wing of the Abolition party as a result of a rift between Douglass and Garrison. But, as acclaimed historian Linda Hirshman reveals, this completely misses the woman in power. Weston Chapman wrote cutting letters to Douglass, doubting his loyalty; the Bostonian abolitionists were shot through with racist prejudice, even aiming the N-word at Douglass among themselves. Through incisive, original analysis, Hirshman convinces that the inevitable breakup was in fact a successful failure. Eventually, as the most sought-after Black activist in America, Douglass was able to dangle the prize of his endorsement over the Republican Party’s candidate for president, Abraham Lincoln. Two years later the abolition of slavery—if not the abolition of racism—became immutable law.

Trash

Author : Andy Mulligan
Publisher : David Fickling Books
ISBN 13 : 0375898433
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Trash written by Andy Mulligan and published by David Fickling Books. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three “dumpsite boys” make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a large city. One unlucky-lucky day, Raphael finds something very special and very mysterious. So mysterious that he decides to keep it, even when the city police offer a handsome reward for its return. That decision brings with it terrifying consequences, and soon the dumpsite boys must use all of their cunning and courage to stay ahead of their pursuers. It’s up to Raphael, Gardo, and Rat—boys who have no education, no parents, no homes, and no money—to solve the mystery and right a terrible wrong. Andy Mulligan has written a powerful story about unthinkable poverty—and the kind of hope and determination that can transcend it. With twists and turns, unrelenting action, and deep, raw emotion, Trash is a heart-pounding, breath-holding novel.

Beat the Turtle Drum

Author : Constance C. Greene
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504000897
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Beat the Turtle Drum written by Constance C. Greene and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ALA Notable Book and an IRA-CBC Children’s Choice: Losing your sister can mean losing your best friend too Thirteen-year-old Kate is thrilled for her sister, Joss, when Joss finds out she gets to keep a horse for a week as a birthday present. Then in one tragic moment, all of the happiness is gone, and numbness and grief overwhelm the family. Kate cannot imagine how she’ll survive but knows somehow she must come to terms with her loss. In this heart-wrenching story, Kate strives to find a place where joyful memories and painful loss can coexist.

Smile and Sisters: The Box Set

Author : Raina Telgemeier
Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780545766388
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Smile and Sisters: The Box Set written by Raina Telgemeier and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two semi-autobiographical graphic novels recount Riana's struggles with corrective dental techniques and her disappointing bond with her cranky younger sister following the arrival of a baby brother.

The Liberty Bell

Author : Maria Weston Chapman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Liberty Bell written by Maria Weston Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Winter Sister

Author : Megan Collins
Publisher : Atria Books
ISBN 13 : 198210015X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Sister written by Megan Collins and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “haunting debut: suspenseful, atmospheric, and completely riveting” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls) about a young woman who returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sister’s unsolved murder. Sixteen years ago, Sylvie’s sister, Persephone, never came home. Out late with the boyfriend she was forbidden to see, Persephone was missing for three days before her body was found—and years later, her murder is still unsolved. In the present day, Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged mother, Annie, as she undergoes treatment for cancer. Prone to unexplained “Dark Days” even before Persephone’s death, Annie’s once-close bond with Sylvie dissolved in the weeks after their loss, making for an uncomfortable reunion all these years later. Adding to the discomfort, Persephone’s former boyfriend is now a nurse at the cancer center where Annie is being treated. Sylvie has always believed Ben was responsible for the murder—but she carries her own guilt about that night, guilt that traps her in the past while the world goes on around her. As she navigates the complicated relationship with her mother, Sylvie begins to uncover the secrets that fill their house—and what really happened the night Persephone died. The Winter Sister is a “bewitching” (Kirkus Reviews) portrayal of the complex bond between sisters, between mothers and daughters alike, and “will captivate you from suspenseful start to surprising finish” (Kathleen Barber, author of Are You Sleeping).

Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter

Author : Kerri K. Greenidge
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631495356
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter written by Kerri K. Greenidge and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2019 This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter’s essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872– 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized black working- class citizens to wield their political power despite the violent racism of post- Reconstruction America. For more than thirty years, the Harvard-educated Trotter edited and published the Guardian, a weekly Boston newspaper that was read across the nation. Defining himself against the gradualist politics of Booker T. Washington and the elitism of W. E. B. Du Bois, Trotter advocated for a radical vision of black liberation that prefigured leaders such as Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Synthesizing years of archival research, historian Kerri Greenidge renders the drama of turn- of- the- century America and reclaims Trotter as a seminal figure, whose prophetic, yet ultimately tragic, life offers a link between the vision of Frederick Douglass and black radicalism in the modern era.

Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War

Author : Jean E. Friedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War written by Jean E. Friedman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study introduces a new perspective on Lincoln and the Civil War through an examination of his declaration of our national values and the subsequent interpretation of those values by families during the war. This volume is a completely new approach to Civil War history. Historians rightly regard Abraham Lincoln as a moral exemplar, a president who gave new life to the national values that defined America. While some previous studies attest to Lincoln's identification with family virtues, this is the first to link Lincoln's personal biography with actual histories of families at war. It analyzes the relationship that existed between Lincoln and these families and assesses the moral struggles that validated the families' decision for or against the conflict. Written to be accessible to students and the general reader alike, the book examines Lincoln's presidency as measured against the stories of families, North and South, that struggled with his definition of Union virtues. It looks at Lincoln's compelling case for democratic values—among them, justice, patriotism, honor, and commitment—first stated in his 1861 speech before Independence Hall. The work also uses case studies to demonstrate how virtue, as practiced in families, illuminated, contested, adapted, and even transformed his concept, giving new meaning to the "virtues of war."