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The American Pageant- Sixteenth Edition The American Pageant , initially published by Thomas A. Bailey in 1956, [ 1 ] is an American high school history textbook often used for AP United States History , AICE American History as well as IB History of the Americas courses.
The American Pageant is mentioned by the book Lies my Teacher Told Me, to which there is a link in the See Also section. Perhaps that book's criticisms about The American Pageant should be incorporated. Sofa jazz man 01:25, 1 January 2010 (UTC) Absolutely.
Pageant was founded and first published by Hillman Periodicals.The first issue appeared in November 1944. [1] Publisher Alex L. Hillman saw Pageant as a prestigious addition to his magazine line that included true confessions (Real Romances, Real Story, Real Confessions), crime titles (Crime Detective, Real Detective, Crime Confessions) and comic books, and he went to press for a 500,000 print ...
Her pageant play, Light of the Women (1924), presents the stories of such African-American heroines as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fanny Jackson Coppin, and Phillis Wheatley. It was intended for performance by community groups and schools, [ 16 ] to teach and celebrate the achievements of African-American women. [ 17 ]
Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith lectured against prohibition. [16] She was monitored and questioned by the U. S. Justice Department during World War I, because her mother was German and because she gave a lecture, "What the World is Thinking and Feeling", which was perceived as possibly influencing clubwomen against the American war effort.
Miss America 1922 was the second annual Miss America pageant, held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey from September 7–9, 1922. [1] [2] [3]At the conclusion of the event, Miss America 1921, Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., and film actress, Anita Stewart, presented the $5,000 Golden Mermaid Trophy to Mary Katherine Campbell of Columbus, Ohio thus declaring Campbell ...
The Evelyn Ay Sempier Quality of Life Award was established to honor the 1954 pageant winner. The award was introduced in 1988, and is given to select Miss America contestants involved with the Children's Miracle Network, as well as to "recognize contestants who excel in their commitment to community service".
However, her works have more recently been criticized as Anglo-centric and patronizing to Native American and other cultures. [ 3 ] Erna Fergusson was a supporter of libraries, having spoken at a conference in support of libraries in the southwest, [ 10 ] and participated on the Ernie Pyle Memorial Committee that opened a library in his ...