Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Penny Colman
yhteensä 10 hakutulosta
Adventurous Women
The adventures of eight inspiring women of the twentieth century.Mary Gibson Henry risked her life following her passion for new botanical species. During the Civil War, Katharine …
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts
Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines the compelling …
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in World War II
"Colman expertly explores the enormous changes in the lives of women in their own homes and beyond. The strengths of this book are in the happy combination of abundant primary …
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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 …
Thanksgiving
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 …
A Woman Unafraid
Breaking the Chains
Dorothea Dix was almost forty years old when she discovered that people, especially poor people, with mental illness were "e;confined in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens …
Breaking the Chains
Adventurous Women
The adventures of eight inspiring women of the twentieth century. Mary Gibson Henry risked her life following her passion for new botanical species. During the Civil War, Katharine …
The Vote: : Women's Fierce Fight
The Vote: Women's Fierce Fight, by award-winning author Penny Colman tells the gripping story of the battle for woman suffrage in America through first-hand accounts, newspaper …