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W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African-American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Alexander’s traces the development of Du Bois' thought over time.
Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. In this biography, Erica Ball places this remarkable and largely forgotten life story in the context of Walker’s times.
Antero Pietila shows how one man’s wealth shaped and reshaped a city long after his life, from the destruction of... Læs mere
Modern Women is a celebration of 52 influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions
Drawing on newly uncovered archives, The Only Wonderful Things offers a groundbreaking look at American novelist Willa Cather's creative process by arguing that the writer's life partner, magazine editor Edith Lewis, had a crucial impact on Cather's literary work.
This volume introduces a side of Margaret Mead that few people know. Coffman provides a fascinating account of Mead's life and reinterprets her work, highlighting religious concerns.
A story of transgression in the face of religious ideology, a sexist scientific establishment, and political resistance to securing women’s right to vote.
The Last Sovereigns is the story of how Sitting Bull resisted the white man’s ways as a last best hope for the survival of an Indigenous way of life—a nomadic life based on the buffalo—that was sacred to him and to his people.
The book offers five interlinked portraits of Irish women artists and political figures: Edna O’Brien, Sinéad O’Connor, Nuala O’Faolain, Bernadette McAliskey and Anne Enright. -- .
Using unexamined sources, including diaries and unpublished manuscripts, this biography traces the life and work of nurse, writer, and activist Ellen N. La Motte (1873-1961), examining how she developed as a professional in the early twentieth century. -- .
Anne Clifford describes the dramatic and tragic events of her life in the seventeenth century. Of how she danced in the masques of Inigo Jones,... Læs mere