Filomena and Prudence were New Hampshire farm girls who were joyful when they had the opportunity to apply for a mill job in Lowell, Massachusetts. Their pay was $3.50 a week for a 70 hour work week. The alternative was to hire out as household help for $.75 a week. The fathers allowed their unmarried daughters to leave home only because the mill owners required the girls to live in the mill's boarding house with strict supervision by a matron. Filomena was inspired by the Grimke sisters with their ideas of abolition and female rights. She met her first Negro family when she became part of...
Filomena and Prudence were New Hampshire farm girls who were joyful when they had the opportunity to apply for a mill job in Lowell, Massachusetts. Th...
As seen through the eyes of the School Secretary, we can follow life on an elementary school campus for one school year. There's a bomb threat by a disgruntled parent, a teachers' strike, an invasion of head lice, bus tickets, bullying, sick children, a child lost on the way home, a first grade boy who tries to "feel up" the psychologist while she's testing him, and a teacher who goes into labor on the way home from a field trip. The entire staff is involved in the lives of the children and their families but also in the lives of the other staff members. The head custodian falls in love with...
As seen through the eyes of the School Secretary, we can follow life on an elementary school campus for one school year. There's a bomb threat by a di...
Liesl was the New York City born daughter of immigrants who left Germany in 1922. She often wondered where she fit in between her parents' German culture and the American culture she grew up in. A visit to Germany in 1937 during the Hitler regime caused her to feel even more alienated from her family. When she married an African-American man in 1951, against her parents' wishes, it was the latest in the conflicts between the two cultures living in one family.
Liesl was the New York City born daughter of immigrants who left Germany in 1922. She often wondered where she fit in between her parents' German cult...
Thirteen year old Dani and her brother live in an apartment with their mother. They find a puppy and although dogs aren't allowed, they keep it and don't tell their mother. The story describes how they manage to keep the secret.
Thirteen year old Dani and her brother live in an apartment with their mother. They find a puppy and although dogs aren't allowed, they keep it and do...
She was dumped by her husband after twenty-six years of marriage. She was scared, bitter but went back to school, got a job, and fell in love again.
She was dumped by her husband after twenty-six years of marriage. She was scared, bitter but went back to school, got a job, and fell in love again.
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