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Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Vassar Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Turner
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 030736609X
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Planet Simpson written by Chris Turner and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects. From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look at our bewildering times. Award-winning journalist Chris Turner delves into the most esoteric of Simpsons fansites and on-line subcultures, the show’s inside jokes, its sharpest parodies and its ongoing love-hate relationship with celebrity to reveal a rarity of literary accomplishment and pop-cultural import — something never before achieved by a cartoon. Complementing its satirical brilliance, The Simpsons boasts a beloved cast of characters, examined here in playful and scrupulous detail: Homer, selfish, tyrannical and not too bright, but always contentedly beholden to his family; Bart, pre-teen nihilist and punk icon; Lisa, junior feminist crusader; and Marge, archetypical middle-American mother, perpetually dragging her family kicking and screaming to higher moral ground. And while the voice actors behind the regular cast have eschewed celebrity, Turner considers why a stunning host of guests — Hollywood icons and has-beens, politicians, professional athletes, poets and pop stars — have submitted themselves to the parodic whims of the Simpsons’ writers. Intelligent and rambunctious, absorbing and comic, Planet Simpson mines this modern cultural institution for its imaginative, hilarious, but always dead-on, reflections on our world. Excerpt from Planet Simpson Three Fun Facts About “D’ oh!” 1. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “d’oh” as “Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish.” 2. The origins of “D’oh!” A Tracey Ullman– era Simpsons script called for Homer to respond to an unfortunate turn of events thus: “[annoyed grunt].” Dan Castellaneta, the voice-actor who plays Homer, improvised the exclamation, “D’oh!” It stuck. 3. The godfather of “D’oh!” Dan Castellaneta freely admits that he lifted Homer’s famous yelp from James Finlayson, a Scottish actor who played a bald, cross-eyed villain in a number of Laurel & Hardy films in the 1930s. Finlayson’s annoyed grunt was a more drawn-out groan — Doooohhh! Castellaneta sped it up to create Homer’s trademark.
Author : James Monroe Taylor
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Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Vassar written by James Monroe Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book University Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 236 pages
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Download or read book Vassar 1865-1915, from the Undergraduate Point of View written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Vassar Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benson John Lossing
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
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Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Vassar College and Its Founder written by Benson John Lossing and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1867 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josina M. van der Maas
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483631443
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Dutiful Daughter written by Josina M. van der Maas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs are based on the many letters the author sent home to her family in the Netherlands from 1953 to 1955, during which she attended Vassar College as a foreign student and then continued on to graduate school in the fall of 1955. These letters, saved by the author's father and found among his papers after his death in 1987, describe both her ordinary and extraordinary experiences. Coming from post-war Europe during its painful recovery and the economic problems of that period, she had very limited means and possessions. The letters describe her worries about money and finding warm clothes to get through the harsh winters, but they are also full of joy about the many wonderful opportunities and experiences offered to her. Throughout, she feels a strong responsibility and duty to her parents to keep them informed and is often concerned about how much of a burden she is to them even this far away. Just out of high school when she comes to Vassar College, she is almost immediately faced with what her future is going to be from then on, and she has to make some tough decisions all along the way which ultimately result in her becoming an American citizen, leaving behind her family and her country.
Author : John M. Kovach
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738533803
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Women's Baseball written by John M. Kovach and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1866, just one year after the end of the Civil War, the first documented female baseball players took to the field at Vassar College. Those early pioneers paved the way for women who would play baseball as both amateurs and professionals up to the present day. Some were headlining stars on barnstorming teams, while others organized and operated their own teams, and from the 1890s through the 1930s they were known as Bloomer Girls, due to the baggy pants created by Amelia Bloomer. In 1988, the American Womenas Baseball Association began play in the Chicago area. With play starting in 1990, the Washington (DC) Metropolitan Womenas Baseball League is now the oldest operating womenas amateur baseball league in the country. In 2001, a true baseball World Series was held in Toronto, Canada, with womenas baseball teams from the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. That event will celebrate its fifth season in 2005.
Author : Greta Nettleton
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609382439
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Quack's Daughter written by Greta Nettleton and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, Cora Keck could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story. When Cora was sent to Vassar College in the fall of 1884, she was a typical unmotivated, newly rich party girl. Her improbable educational opportunity at “the first great educational institution for womankind” turned into an enthralling journey of self-discovery as she struggled to meet the high standards in Vassar’s School of Music while trying to shed her reputation as the daughter of a notorious quack and self-made millionaire: Mrs. Dr. Rebecca J. Keck, second only to Lydia Pinkham as America’s most successful self-made female patent medicine entrepreneur of the time. This lively, stereotype-shattering story might have been lost, had Cora’s great-granddaughter, Greta Nettleton, not decided to go through some old family trunks instead of discarding most of the contents unexamined. Inside she discovered a rich cache of Cora’s college memorabilia—essential complements to her 1885 diary, which Nettleton had already begun to read. The Quack’s Daughter details Cora’s youthful travails and adventures during a time of great social and economic transformation. From her working-class childhood to her gilded youth and her later married life, Cora experienced triumphs and disappointments as a gifted concert pianist that the reader will recognize as tied to the limited opportunities open to women at the turn of the twentieth century, as well as to the dangerous consequences for those who challenged social norms. Set in an era of surging wealth torn by political controversy over inequality and women’s rights and widespread panic about domestic terrorists, The Quack’s Daughter is illustrated with over a hundred original images and photographs that illuminate the life of a spirited and charming heroine who ultimately faced a stark life-and-death crisis that would force her to re-examine her doubts about her mother’s medical integrity.
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Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Vassarion written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Vassar Miscellany Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Farkas
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440126836
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Covering the Campus written by Brian Farkas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the oldest student publications in the United States, the Miscellany News traces its roots back to 1866. Beginning as a literary magazine and evolving into a contemporary newspaper, the paper has reported nearly 150 years of student experiences. The Miscellany has seen generations of Vassar College students who have witnessed the horrors of international war, felt the injustices of racial strife, and observed stirring protests unfold on their own campus. This narrative history of the Miscellany tells the story of the young men and women writing about their collegiate environment against the grand backdrop of American history. With careful qualitative and quantitative analysis-along with scores of interviews with former editors-Brian Farkas navigates the complex and fascinating history of the Miscellany. Blending historical investigation with his personal experience, Farkas presents a fascinating and often humorous window into journalism, history's first draft.
Author : Miriam Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042997910X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Julia Lathrop written by Miriam Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Lathrop was a social servant, government activist, and social scientist who expanded notions of women's proper roles in public life during the early 1900s. Appointed as chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau, created in 1912 to promote child welfare, she was the first woman to head a United States federal agency. Throughout her life, Lathrop challenged the social norms of the time and became instrumental in shaping Progressive reform. She began her career at Hull House in Chicago, the nation's most famous social settlement, where she worked to improve public and private welfare for poor people, helped establish America's first juvenile court, and pushed for immigrant rights. Lathrop was also co-founder of one of America's first schools of social work. Later in life she became a leader in the League of Women Voters and an advisor on child welfare to the League of Nations. Following Lathrop's life from her childhood and college education through her social service and government work, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and women's education. It also offers a look at how one influential woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about gender, race, and class, and also pushed against them.
Author : Karin Tanabe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1761105159
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)
Download or read book The Gilded Years written by Karin Tanabe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first Black student to attend the prestigious Vassar College by – passing as white. For fans of The Vanishing Half and The Gilded Age. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country’s most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive complexion and dark hair, she has successfully passed as white, but now finds herself rooming with Lottie Taylor, an heiress of one of New York’s most prominent families. Though Anita has kept herself at a distance from her classmates, Lottie’s sphere of influence is inescapable, her energy irresistible, and the two become fast friends. Pulled into her elite world, Anita learns what it’s like to be treated as a wealthy, educated white woman – the person everyone believes her to be – and even finds herself in a heady romance with a well-off Harvard student. But when Lottie becomes curious about Anita’s family the situation becomes particularly perilous, and as Anita’s graduation looms, those closest to her will be the ones to dangerously threaten her secret. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era when old money traditions collided with modern ideas, The Gilded Years is a story of hope, sacrifice and betrayal – and a gripping account of how one woman dared to risk everything for the chance at a better life. ‘Smart and thoughtful … A must-read’ PopSugar ‘Insightfully grapples with complex and compelling issues’ Booklist ‘The beautiful and the damned takes on a whole new meaning … A poignant imagining inside the most complex survival phenomenon: passing. With the grandeur of the Gilded Age intertwined with romance and suspense, you won’t be able to put this period piece down until you know how her story ends.’ Vanity Fair
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Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book American Brewers' Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
