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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence. Civil War Wives: The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis & Julia Dent Grant. Alfred A. Knopf. 2009. ISBN 9781400044467. OCLC 335678795. Wondrous Beauty: Betsy Bonaparte, the Belle of Baltimore Who Married Napoleon's Brother. Alfred A. Knopf. 2014.
Berkin, Carol (1997). First Generations: Women in Colonial America. Macmillan. ISBN 9780809016068. Berkin, Carol (2005). Revolutionary Mothers: Women In The Struggle For America's Independence. Knopf. ISBN 9781400041633. Berlin, Ira (2009). Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674020832.
[37] By 1968, Steinem had become arguably the most influential figure in the movement and support for legalized abortion and free day care had become the two leading objectives for feminists. [ 38 ] The movement grew with legal victories such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 , Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which banned sex ...
The following is a list of works about the spouses of presidents of the United States. While this list is mainly about presidential spouses, administrations with a bachelor or widowed president have a section on the individual (usually a family member) that filled the role of First Lady.
Around the age of twelve, Dickinson's parents sent her to an apprenticeship at mantua making so that she could learn the trade of gown making. [11] Artisanal work in clothing production for Dickinson and other women was a way for them to earn money for their families at a young age, capitalizing on the social connections of these girls'/ women's families. [12]
suburban mother of three, who was trying to buy drugs at the corner of Fourteenth and Race, got into an argument with the dealer, and was shot and killed. A few days later, on the same block, four white kids, also from the suburbs—a boy at the wheel, three girls in the back—were buying drugs when a black man walked up to the car and shot the
Michael Likosky and Laura Norén 26 April 2012 - Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University Law & Public Finance Center on Selection Filter
The mothers' movement was an anti-war women's movement in the United States, beginning in California in 1939, soon after the start of World War II.At its height, it consisted of 50 to 100 loosely-confederated groups, with a total membership that may have been as high as five or six million.