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Alva Vanderbilt Belmont : unlikely champion of women's rights / by Hoffert, Sylvia D.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.An Impossible Child -- Every Inch a General -- A Sex Battle -- Immortalizing the Lady in Affecting Prose -- Belmont's Orphan Child -- The Last Word -- Postscript: My Turn -- Appendix: Belmont's Financial Contributions to Woman's Rights.
Subjects: Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933.; Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933; Feminists; Suffragists; Women political activists; Women; Women's rights; Socialites; Rich people;
© c2012., Indiana University Press,
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Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer / by Bailey, Candace,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.Why did nineteenth-century southern women study music? -- Women's interaction with public music -- Music at home : entertainment and education -- Music education in schools -- The piano girl -- The singer -- Women's composition and publication in the antebellum period -- Becoming useful -- Confederate women composers.
Subjects: Women musicians; Women composers; Music;
© c2010., Southern Illinois University Press,
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A few good women : America's military women from World War I to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / by Monahan, Evelyn.; Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary,1941-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-455) and index."The never-before-told story of the U.S. women's military corps: the women who fought for the right to defend their country by serving in our armed forces with full military rank and benefits-- a fight that continues today for American military women who want to serve in combat support positions and in frontline combat units. Using interviews, correspondence, and diaries, as well as archival material, [the authors] tell the remarkable story of America's 'few good women' who today make up more than 15 percent of the U.S. armed forces and who serve alongside men in almost every capacity."--Cloth Book jacket.
Subjects: Women and war;
© 2011, c2010., Anchor Books,
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Out-of-style : a modern perspective of how, why and when vintage fashions evolved : men, women and children 19th through 20th centuries and beyond / by Shubert, Betty Kreisel.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. 19th century, 1830-1900 -- Evolution in a thimble 1830-1900 -- Why hoop skirts were born -- The nine sequential phases of the rise and fall and rise (again!) of the bustle -- The out-of-style fashion show -- When proportions change -- How undergarments affected the posture and shape of women's bodies (corsets, brassieres) -- Special occasion clothes (reform dress, weddings, maternity clothes, mourning dress, bathing suits) -- Modern improvements (photography, sewing machines, washing machines, hairstyles) -- How to trace your ancestors ... literally! -- Overview -- women's clothes 1840-1900 -- Overview -- men's clothes 1840-1900 -- Children's clothes 19th century -- boys' clothes 1840-1900 -- Girls' clothes 1840-1900. pt. 2, 20th century, 1900-1960. Overview -- The first two decades 1900-1920 -- America on the road -- Fashion changes 1920-1960 -- The psychology of clothes -- Overview, men's clothes -- 20th century -- Overview, boys' and girls' clothes.Over 700 sequential, authoritative black and white line drawings of clothes worn by men, women and children from the 19th into the 21st century, including variations of styles that were worn simultaneously and the popular hair styles of each era. Succinct descriptive text accompanies each drawing.--Publisher.
Subjects: Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Fashion;
© c2013., Flashback Pub.,
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Stolen bases : why American girls don't play baseball / by Ring, Jennifer,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.The girls' game -- A. G. Spalding and America's needs -- Enter softball -- How baseball became manly and White -- American womanhood and athletics -- Cricket -- Stolen bases -- Collegiate women's baseball -- The invisibility of bias.
Subjects: Baseball for women; Baseball;
© c2009., University of Illinois Press,
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Ojibwa : people of forests and prairies / by Johnson, Michael,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.Introduction. Great Lakes people before Europeans arrived ; The Ojibwa (Anishinabe) ; The Algonkian languages ; Ojibwa land -- History. War of 1812 : military engagements with Indian involvement ; Treaties involving the Ojibwa or other tribes -- Demography. Southeastern Ojibwa or Mississauga ; Southwestern Ojibwa or "Chippewa" ; Southwestern Ojibwa bands recognized by treaties ; Northern Ojibwa and Saulteaux ; Ottawa (Odawa) ; Potawatomi ; Nipissing ; Plains Ojibwa, Bungi or Western Saulteaux ; Plains Ojibwa present-day groups ; Métis -- Culture. Warfare and weapons ; Woodland Ojibwa lifestyle ; Woodland Ojibwa beliefs ; Midewiwin, or, Grand Medicine Society ; Sun Dance and other Plains Ojibwa ceremonies -- Material culture. Indigenous materials and clothing ; Skin coats ; Leggings ; Moccasins ; Use of birchbark ; Birchbark canoes ; Nativistic dress of later times ; Plains Ojibwa shirts ; Floral decoration ; Eagle feather headdresses ; Color plates ; Women's clothing ; Cradleboards ; Bags and pouches ; Panel bags ; Octopus bags ; Bandolier bags ; Fire bags, tobacco bags, and pipe bags ; Quillwork ; Modern ceremonial dress -- People -- Gazetteer -- Canadian bands, populations, and maps.Ojibwa describes the history and culture of the people, and introduces their most important figures.
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwa Indians;
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What women want : the global marketplace turns female-friendly / by Underhill, Paco.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-[206])and index.Introduction -- Housequake -- Don't phunk with my hearth -- Let us spray -- Nice work if you can get it -- We can work it out -- To love, honor, and maintain -- Should I stay or should I go? -- The female, unplugged -- Women and sin -- The empress's new clothes -- C'mon a my mall -- Higher ground -- Drugstores -- See me, touch me, feel me, heal me -- Almost cut my hair -- Off the wall.The author of Why We Buy reports on the growing importance of women in everybody's marketplace--what makes a package, product, space, or service "female friendly." He offers a tour of the world's marketplace--with shrewd observations and practical applications to help everybody adapt to the new realities. Underhill examines how a woman's role as homemaker has evolved into homeowner; how the home gym and home office are linked to the women's health movement and home-based businesses; why the refrigerator has trumped the stove as the crucial appliance; why some malls are succeeding while others fail. "The point is," writes Underhill, "while men were busy doing other things, women were becoming a major social, cultural, and economic force." And, as he warns, no business can afford to ignore their power and presence--From publisher description.
Subjects: Women; Women; Women; Social influence.;
© 2010., Simon & Schuster,
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Broke : how debt bankrupts the middle class / by Porter, Katherine(Katherine M.),editor of compilation.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-295) and index.Driven by debt : bankruptcy and financial failure in American families / Katherine Porter -- A vulnerable middle class : bankruptcy and class status / Elizabeth Warren and Deborah Thorne -- Out of balance? : financial distress in U.S. households / Brian Bucks -- Home burdens : the high costs of homeownership / Jerry Anthony -- College lessons : financial risks of dropping out / Katherine Porter -- Striking out on their own : the self employed in bankruptcy / Robert Lawless -- No forwarding address : losing homes in bankruptcy / Marianne Culhane -- Women's work, women's worry : debt management in financially distressed families / Deborah Thorne -- The do-it-yourself mirage : complexity in the bankruptcy system / Angela Littwin -- Less forgiven : race and Chapter 13 bankruptcy / Dov Cohen and Robert Lawless -- Borrowing to the brink : consumer debt in America / Kevin Leicht -- The middle class at risk / Jacob Hacker.
Subjects: Bankruptcy; Debt; Consumer credit; Middle class; Finance, Personal;
© [2012], Stanford University Press,
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Women designers in the USA, 1900-2000 : diversity and difference : Jacqueline M. Atkins ... [et al.] / by Kirkham, Pat.; Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.;
Prologue: American women in the twentieth century / Pat Kirkham, Sara A. Lichtman, and Eileen Boris -- Women designers in the USA, 1900-2000: diversity and difference / Pat Kirkham and Lynne Walker -- Women designers and the Arts and Crafts Movement / Wendy Kaplan -- The sacred hoop: Native American women designers / Pamela Kladzyk -- "Three strikes against me": African American women designers / Pat Kirkham and Shauna Stallworth -- "Wellpaying self support": women textile designers in the USA / Mary Schoeser and Whitney Blausen -- Tradition and transformation: women quilt designers / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Women fashioning American fashion / Valerie Steele -- Women jewelry designers / Toni Greenbaum and Pat Kirkham -- Women metalsmiths / Jeannine Falino -- Designing Hollywood: women costume and production designers / Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Pat Kirkham -- In "A man's world": women industrial designers / Ella Howard and Eric Setliff -- Women furniture makers: from decorative designers to studio makers / Edward S. Cooke Jr. -- "A woman's place..."?: women interior designers -- 1900-1950 / Pat Kirkham and Penny Sparke -- 1950-2000 / Judith B. Gura -- Women landscape designers / Leslie Rose Close -- "Quietly fine"/Quietly subversive: women ceramic designers / Cheryl Buckley -- Colophon: women graphic designers / Ellen Lupton.
Subjects: Design; Women designers;
© 2000., Yale University Press,
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Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics / by Atwood, Kathryn J.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.Resisters and spies. Edith Cavell: "Patriotism is not enough" -- Louis Thuliez: "Because I am a Frenchwoman" -- Emilienne Moreau: the teen who became a national symbol -- Gabrielle Petit: feisty patriot -- Marthe Cnockaert: nrse for the Germans, spy for the Belgians -- Louise de Bettignies: intelligence organizer extraordinaire -- Medical personnel. Elsie Inglis: surgeon and hospital founder -- Olive King: adventurous ambulance driver -- Helena Gleichen: x-ray expert on the Italian front -- Shirley Millard: nurse armed with enthusiasm -- Soldiers. Maria Bochkareva: women's battalion of death -- Flora Sandes: "Remember you're a soldier" -- Marina Yurlova: "I'm a Cossack!" -- Ecaterina Teodoroiu: lieutenant girl -- Journalists. Mary Roberts Rinehart: mystery writer on the Western Front -- Madeleine Zabriskie Doty: "Germany is no place for a woman."A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
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