wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II
ISBN: 9780517885673 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Now in paperback--the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the United States fight World War II. Their unprecedented participation would change the course of history for women, and America, forever. An ALA Best Book for Young Adult An ALA Notable Book A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book An IRA Teachers' Choice A Junior Library Guild Selection An NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Award Winner for Outstanding Nonfiction A New York Public Library...
Now in paperback--the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to he...
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45,57 |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
ISBN: 9781250073730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In the Spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boys, and Susan B. Anthony, a thirty-one year old, unmarried, former school teacher. Immediately drawn to each other, they formed an everlasting and legendary friendship. Together they challenged entrenched beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women and spearheaded the fight to gain legal rights, including the right to vote despite fierce opposition, daunting conditions, scandalous entanglements and betrayal by their friends and allies.... In the Spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boy... |
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87,38 |
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Breaking the Chains: The Crusade of Dorothea Lynde Dix
ISBN: 9780595437146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Recounts Dorothea Dix's lifelong fight to improve the lives of others, such as her own family, the mentally ill, prisoners, the physically ill, and the retarded.
Recounts Dorothea Dix's lifelong fight to improve the lives of others, such as her own family, the mentally ill, prisoners, the physically ill, and th...
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56,83 |
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Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
ISBN: 9781250062901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines the compelling subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies. The text, enriched with stories both humorous and poignant, includes details about the decomposition and embalming processes (an adult corpse buried six feet deep without a coffin will usually take five to ten years to turn into a skeleton) and describes the various customs associated with containing remains (the Igala people in Nigeria have a custom of... Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny... |
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68,38 |
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A Woman Unafraid: The Achievements of Frances Perkins
ISBN: 9781450207737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor in 1933 during the greatest economic crisis in American history--the Great Depression. At that time, women weren't supposed to have careers, or be outspoken, or be powerful. Bur that did not stop Frances Perkins. With her familiar tricorn hat planted firmly on her head, Perkins prodded, pressured, and persuaded businessmen, labor leaders, and politicians to respond to the needs of the American people and end child labor, establish safer working conditions, fairer wages, reasonable working hours, unemployment insurance,...
President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor in 1933 during the greatest economic crisis in American history--the Great D...
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49,22 |
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The Vote: : Women's Fierce Fight
ISBN: 9780984960774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Thanksgiving: The True Story
ISBN: 9780805082296 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Every year on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate with a Thanksgiving meal. But what is the origin of this tradition? Did it really begin when the Pilgrims and Native Americans got together in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts? In her signature narrative nonfiction style, Penny Colman paints a fascinating picture of this cherished American holiday. She examines numerous Thanksgiving claims which were antecedents to the national holiday we celebrate today, raises the turkey question--does everyone eat turkey on Thanksgiving?--and shows Sarah Josepha Hale's instrumental... Every year on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate with a Thanksgiving meal. But what is the origin of this tradition? Did it reall... |
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