Mike Roussel;Mike Roussel
A pioneering aviator and advocate of women's equality, Amelia Earhart was, and continu...
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2017
A pioneering aviator and advocate of women's equality, Amelia Earhart was, and continues to be, an inspiration to people the world over. Her fierce determination to break records and push the boundaries of aviation led her to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, as well as the first person (man or woman) to fly solo the trans-Pacific flight from Hawaii to California in 1935. Not content to leave it at that, Amelia set her sights on becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the world, but her brave attempt was cut short when she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the Pacific Ocean on the final stretch of the challenge in 1937 . Eighty years on and our fascination with Amelia Earhart continues. Here, Mike Roussel charts her life and experiences, exploring the investigations and theories surrounding her mysterious disappearance and revealing the naturally courageous spirit that made her one of the most daring of twentieth-century women.
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Women air pilots--United States--BiographyContent provider:
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Dakers, Diane;Dakers, Diane
As a girl, Amelia Earhart aspired to a future that would take her beyond the family an...
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2016
As a girl , Amelia Earhart aspired to a future that would take her beyond the family and medical problems of her younger years, as well as the restrictions imposed on her because she was female. Widely celebrated for her long-distance flights , she also set records for altitude and speed, and helped develop passenger airline service. As a writer and magazine editor, Earhart also further advanced the cause of flight and of women in aviation. Her disappearance during a daring around-the-world flight in 1937 has been a source of intrigue for nearly 80 years. Earhart's life and career has provided inspiration to generations of young people, particularly those whose paths have been beset with obstacles and barriers.
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Women air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature - Air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literatureContent provider:
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What's Your Story , Amelia Earhart ?
Jen Barton;Jen Barton
How did Amelia Earhart learn to fly? How was flying then different than it is today? C...
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What's Your Story , Amelia Earhart ?
2015
How did Amelia Earhart learn to fly? How was flying then different than it is today? Cub Reporter interviews Amelia Earhart to find out how she made a difference in the world of aviation and defended women's rights. Learn how Amelia fought against adversity to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Discover how she stood up for other female aviators and the ways she fought for gender equality. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American .
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Women air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature - Air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literatureContent provider:
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Letters From Amelia
Earhart, Amelia;Backus, Jean L.;Earhart, Amelia;Backus, Jean L.
Letters from Amelia began with the discovery of four neglected cardboard boxes in an a...
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Letters From Amelia
2016
Letters from Amelia began with the discovery of four neglected cardboard boxes in an attic in Berkeley, California. Inside were more than 100 revealing letters the legendary pilot wrote to her beloved mother. The first was a four-year-old's thank-you note. The last, three short lines, was written just prior to her final 1937 flight when she vanished into a Pacific mist of conjecture. Fitted together, they portray the evolution to adulthood of a warm, sensible, fun-loving tomboy who would become the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo. Amid these captivating letters, Jean L. Backus skillfully weaves accounts of Earhart and her family's joys and squabbles from an aristocratic mother who was the first woman to scale Pike's Peak to husband George Putnam who made her a media sensation, secured financing for her flights , and led her to reject any''medieval code of faithfulness.''Written under all conditions - in school, on trains, at the White House - the engrossing messages show devotion, wisdom, and a hilarious talent for playing with the English language, as well as a rare ability to stand apart from her own legend. Letters from Amelia is an apt testimony to the totality of an extraordinary person.
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Women air pilots--United States--CorrespondenceContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Quotable Amelia Earhart
Michele Wehrwein Albion;Michele Wehrwein Albion
“Adventure is worth while in itself.”—Amelia Earhart, 1932A fearless pioneer and a rec...
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The Quotable Amelia Earhart
2015
“Adventure is worth while in itself.”—Amelia Earhart , 1932A fearless pioneer and a record-breaking pilot, Amelia Earhart engaged the nation and the world when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic . Today people remember her most for her disappearance on the last leg of her round-the-world flight in 1937 . But more than a record breaker or a ghost lost over the Pacific, Earhart was ambitious, driven, and strong at a time when all three of these traits were considered unfeminine. Earhart's words and her example encouraged women to step beyond the narrow confines of their traditional roles.The Quotable Amelia Earhart brings together statements from a variety of sources and covers a wide range of topics, including Earhart's flights and her opinions on politics, work, religion, and gender equality. This definitive resource provides a concise, documented collection of Earhart's quotations so that her words, as well as her achievements, may inspire a new generation.
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English literatureContent provider:
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Nahra, Nancy Ann;Nahra, Nancy Ann
The 1937 disappearance of aviation legend Amelia Earhart in a remote area of the Pacif...
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2013
The 1937 disappearance of aviation legend Amelia Earhart in a remote area of the Pacific as she attempted to circumnavigate the globe remains a mystery. Today, questions about her fate often overshadow her enormous accomplishments as a pilot and author. Who was this high-flying woman who lived as if she were invincible but understood she was anything but? Here is her inspiring story .
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Women air pilots--United States--Biography - Air pilots--United States--BiographyContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Over Empires and Oceans : Pioneers, Aviators and Adventurers - Forging the International Air Routes 1918-1939
Robert Bluffield;Robert Bluffield
This a story of pioneers, intrepid aviators, adventurers, tycoons and innovators. It i...
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Over Empires and Oceans : Pioneers, Aviators and Adventurers - Forging the International Air Routes 1918-1939
2014
This a story of pioneers, intrepid aviators, adventurers, tycoons and innovators. It is also a story of dedication and determination, for despite fixed-wing aircraft proving their value over the battlefields of the Western Front during the First World War, convincing governments and public alike that they had a role in peacetime proved far more challenging. The Americans , as inventors of heavier-than-air powered flight , had briefly courted with a passenger airline across Tampa Bay in 1914, yet it took a further nine years for mail to be flown coast-to-coast. In 1919 a British company made the first international scheduled flight between London and Paris, but the continuation of regular services was thwarted by a less-than-enthusiastic government that allowed its generously subsidised French competition, for a short time at least, to fly cross-Channel passenger schedules unimpeded.The British eventually realzed that fast links with their Empire were vital, followed the example of the French and Dutch who had forged air links with their cousins in North Africa and the Far East. Meanwhile, in South America, the Germans, forbidden under the Versailles Treaty from any major aircraft-building, were establishing cunning supremacy by forming airlines throughout South America and in China. While America awaited a transcontinental passenger service, Juan Trippe's Pan American Airways was crossing swords with Ralph O'Neill of New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA) for air supremacy between the US, Brazil, Argentina and elsewhere in Latin America that led to the formation of arguably the world's greatest airline.In Russia, Igor Sikorsky had built a vast passenger-carrying aircraft, the Il'ya Muromets, and politicians debated whether giant airships or fixed-wing aircraft should rule the skies – an issue that was put firmly to bed when the mighty German airship Hindenburg exploded while mooring at Lakehurst in 1937 . Robert Bluffield's highly researched and detailed account tells the dramatic stories of explorers such as Kingsford Smith, Lindbergh and Cobham, and flamboyant entrepreneurs, some well known, others forgotten, who risked fortunes and reputations to follow their dreams of reaching and ruling the skies over empires, continents and oceans. Against bewildering adversity, corruption, underhanded deals and dwindling resources, these tenacious individuals braved the elements using primitive, entirely unsuitable equipment to establish earth-shrinking aerial services that criss-crossed the great oceans and the globe's most inhospitable territories. These are the stories of those pioneers – of Aéropostale, CNAC, Air Orient, Imperial Airways, KLM, Deutsche Luft Hansa, Pan Am, SCADTA, The Condor Syndicat, Qantas and others that had a far-reaching impact on the way the modern world would travel.
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AirwaysContent provider:
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Women Aviators : 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights , Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
Karen Bush Gibson;Karen Bush Gibson
Detailing the role of women in aviation, from the very first days of flight to the pre...
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Women Aviators : 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights , Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
2013
Detailing the role of women in aviation, from the very first days of flight to the present, this rich exploration of the subject profiles 26 women pilots who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground. Divided into six chronologically arranged sections, this book composes a minihistory of aviation. Learn about pioneers such as Katherine Wright, called by many the'Third Wright Brother,'and Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France, the first woman awarded a license to fly. Read about barnstormers like Bessie Coleman and racers like Louise Thaden, who bested Amelia Earhart to win the 1929 Women's Air Derby. Additional short biography sidebars for other key figures and lists of supplemental resources for delving deeper into the history of the subject are also included.
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Women air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature - Women air pilots--History--Juvenile literatureContent provider:
eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost)
Women Who Fly : Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females
Serinity Young;Serinity Young
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, ...
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Women Who Fly : Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females
2018
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding twentieth-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories . This is vividly depicted, for example, in the twelfth-century Niebelungenlied, in which the proud warrior-queen Br?nnhilde loses her great physical strength when she is tricked into surrendering her virginity. Even in the twentieth-century the same idea is reflected in the exploits of the comic book and film character Wonder Woman who, Young suggests, retains her physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve Trevor goes unrequited. The first book to systematically chronicle the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, Women Who Fly offers a fresh look at the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions throughout the ages and around the world.
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Women mystics - Wiccans - Goddesses - Supernatural - WomenContent provider:
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Missing: Believed Killed : Amelia Earhart , Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller & the Duke of Kent
Roy Conyers Nesbit;Roy Conyers Nesbit
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated re...
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Missing: Believed Killed : Amelia Earhart , Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller & the Duke of Kent
2010
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart , Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights , what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy. This has prompted Roy Conyers Nesbit to reinvestigate their stories and to write this perceptive, level-headed and gripping study. Using testimony from new witnesses and hitherto undisclosed public records, he seeks to explain why they were reported missing: believed killed. He describes why American aviatrix Amelia Earhart vanished in the Pacific on her round-the-world flight in 1937 , what caused the death of Britains aviation heroine Amy Johnson over the Thames estuary in 1941, and what really killed band-leader Glenn Miller on his doomed flight to Paris in 1944. And he applies the same expert forensic eye to other tragic aerial mysteries of the period including the flying-boat crash that claimed the life of the Duke of Kent in Scotland in 1942. This classic study, issued here for the first time in paperback, will be fascinating reading for students of aviation history and for anyone who is intrigued by tales of flights into the unknown.
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Air pilots - Aircraft accidents--Investigation - Missing persons--InvestigationContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Technical Innovation in American History : An Encyclopedia of Science and Technology [3 Volumes]
Rosanne Welch;Peg A. Lamphier;Rosanne Welch;Peg A. Lamphier
From the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the p...
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Technical Innovation in American History : An Encyclopedia of Science and Technology [3 Volumes]
2019
From the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects of inventions on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest European colonization to the present.Technical Innovation in American History surveys the history of technology, documenting the chronological and thematic connections between specific inventions, technological systems, individuals, and events that have contributed to the history of science and technology in the United States. Covering eras from colonial times to the present day in three chronological volumes, the entries include innovations in fields such as architecture, civil engineering, transportation, energy, mining and oil industries, chemical industries, electronics, computer and information technology, communications (television, radio, and print), agriculture and food technology, and military technology.The A–Z entries address key individuals, events, organizations, and legislation related to themes such as industry, consumer and medical technology, military technology, computer technology, and space science, among others, enabling readers to understand how specific inventions, technological systems, individuals, and events influenced the history, cultural development, and even self-identity of the United States and its people. The information also spotlights how American culture, the U.S. government, and American society have specifically influenced technological development.
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Technological innovations--United States--History--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
Texas Takes Wing : A Century of Flight in the Lone Star State
Barbara Ganson;Barbara Ganson
This book celebrates the aviators, astronauts, airline executives, and other innovator...
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Texas Takes Wing : A Century of Flight in the Lone Star State
2014
This book celebrates the aviators, astronauts, airline executives, and other innovators who have made Texas an influential world leader in the aerospace industry over the past century. Tracing the hundred-year history of aviation in Texas, aviator and historian Barbara Ganson brings to life the colorful personalities that shaped the phenomenally successful development of this industry in the state. Weaving stories and profiles of aviators, designers, manufacturers, and those in related services, Texas Takes Wing covers the major trends that propelled Texas to the forefront of the field. Covering institutions from San Antonio's Randolph Air Force Base (the West Point of this branch of service) to Brownsville's airport with its Pan American Airlines instrument flight school (which served as an international gateway to Latin America as early as the 1920s) to Houston's Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control for the U.S. space program, the book provides an exhilarating timeline and engaging history of dozens of unsung pioneers as well as their more widely celebrated peers. Drawn from personal interviews as well as major archives and the collections of several commercial airlines, including American , Southwest, Braniff, Pan American Airways, and Continental, this sweeping history captures the story of powered flight in Texas since 1910. With its generally favorable flying weather, flat terrain, and wide open spaces, Texas has more airports than any other state and is often considered one of America's most aviation-friendly places. Texas Takes Wing also explores the men and women who made the region pivotal in military training, aircraft manufacturing during wartime, general aviation, and air servicing of the agricultural industry. The result is a soaring history that will delight aviators and passengers alike.
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Air pilots--Texas--Biography - Aeronautics--Texas--History - Aerospace industries--Texas--History - Air power--Texas--HistoryContent provider:
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Arctic Mirage : The 1913-1920 Expedition in Search of Crocker Land
Winton U. Solberg;Winton U. Solberg
In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natura...
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Arctic Mirage : The 1913-1920 Expedition in Search of Crocker Land
2019
In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society and the University of Illinois. Its purpose was twofold: to discover whether an archipelago called Crocker Land--reportedly spotted by an earlier explorer in 1906--actually existed; and to engage in scientific research in the Arctic. When explorers discovered that Crocker Land did not exist, they instead pursued their research, made a number of important discoveries and documented the region's indigenous inhabitants and natural habitat. Their return to America was delayed by the difficulty of engaging a relief ship, and by the danger of German submarines in Arctic waters during the World War I.
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The Cinematic Novel and Postmodern Pop Fiction : The Case of Manuel Puig
Décio Torres Cruz;Décio Torres Cruz
Décio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through ...
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The Cinematic Novel and Postmodern Pop Fiction : The Case of Manuel Puig
2019; Vol. 00013
Décio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through issues of gender and identity, and partly through issues of reality and representation. In doing so, he looks at the various ways in which people have thought of the so-called cinematic novel, tracing the development of that genre concept not only in the French ciné-roman and film scenarios but also in novels from the United States, England, France, and Latin America. The main tendency he identifies is the blending of the cinematic novel with pop literature, through allusions to Pop Art and other postmodern cultural trends. His prime exhibits are a number of novels by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth; Heartbreak Tango; The Buenos Aires Affair; Kiss of the Spider Woman; and Pubis angelical. Bringing in suggestive sociocultural and psychoanalytical considerations, Cruz shows how, in Puig's hands, the cinematic novel resulted in a pop collage of different texts, films, discourses, and narrative devices which fused reality and imagination into dream and desire.
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Motion pictures and literatureContent provider:
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A Dictionary of English Rhyming Slangs
Antonio Lillo;Terry Victor;Antonio Lillo;Terry Victor
This reference work addresses a long-standing need in the study of a class of lexis wh...
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A Dictionary of English Rhyming Slangs
2017; Vol. 00098
This reference work addresses a long-standing need in the study of a class of lexis which attracts attention from scholars and the general public alike. Based on years of extensive research, the dictionary presents a satisfying collection of the varieties of rhyming slang found in and around English-speaking communities worldwide. It covers all forms of rhyming slang in the anglophone world by users from differing social groups and walks of life: criminals, musicians, anglers, second-hand car dealers and sheep-shearers, among many others. Besides ordinary lexical items, this work also lists nicknames and one-off expressions found in culturally valued works, from the fields of literary fiction, poetry, comics, TV and radio series, and films. Each entry is accompanied by chronologically ordered citations from a wide variety of sources (printed and otherwise) showing a word's life and currency. The scope, size and approach of this significant compilation, supported by a substantial bibliography, make it an indispensable work of reference for anyone with an interest in English slang and a key starting point for future research on the origins, social history and development of this fascinating area of the English lexicon.
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English language--Slang--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Disasters and Tragic Events : An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History [2 Volumes]
Mitchell Newton-Matza;Mitchell Newton-Matza
From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this tw...
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Disasters and Tragic Events : An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History [2 Volumes]
2014
From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events—natural and man-made, famous and forgotten—that helped shape American history.Tragedies and disasters have always been part of the fabric of American history. Some gave rise to reactions that profoundly influenced the nation. Others dominated public consciousness for a moment, then disappeared from collective memory. Organized chronologically, Disasters and Tragic Events examines these moments, covering both the familiar and the obscure and probing their immediate and long-term effects. Unlike other works that concentrate on a particular type of disaster, for example, weather- or medicine-related tragedies, this two-volume encyclopedia has no such limits. Its entries range from natural disasters, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, to civic disturbances, environmental disasters, epidemics and medical errors, transportation accidents, and more. The work is a perfect supplement for history classes and will also prove of great interest to the general reader.
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Natural disasters--United States--History--Encyclopedias - Disasters--United States--History--Encyclopedias - Violence--United States--History--EncyclopediasContent provider:
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Women and Rhetoric Between the Wars
Ann George;M. Elizabeth Weiser;Janet Zepernick;Ann George;M. Elizabeth Weis...
In Women and Rhetoric between the Wars, editors Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, and J...
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Women and Rhetoric Between the Wars
2013
In Women and Rhetoric between the Wars, editors Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, and Janet Zepernick have gathered together insightful essays from major scholars on women whose practices and theories helped shape the field of modern rhetoric. Examining the period between World War I and World War II, this volume sheds light on the forgotten rhetorical work done by the women of that time. It also goes beyond recovery to develop new methodologies for future research in the field. Collected within are analyses of familiar figures such as Jane Addams, Amelia Earhart , Helen Keller, and Bessie Smith, as well as explorations of less well known, yet nevertheless influential, women such as Zitkala-Ša, Jovita González, and Florence Sabin. Contributors evaluate the forces in the civic, entertainment, and academic scenes that influenced the rhetorical praxis of these women. Each essay presents examples of women's rhetoric that move us away from the “waves” model toward a more accurate understanding of women's multiple, diverse rhetorical interventions in public discourse. The collection thus creates a new understanding of historiography, the rise of modern rhetorical theory, and the role of women professionals after suffrage. From celebrities to scientists, suffragettes to academics, the dynamic women of this volume speak eloquently to the field of rhetoric studies today.
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Feminism--Language - Feminism--United States--History--20th century - Women--Language - Women in public life--United States--History--20th centuryContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Barrett, Elizabeth A.;United States Military Academy;Barrett, Elizabeth A.;...
100 Entertainers Who Changed America : An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries [2 Volumes]
Robert C. Sickels;Robert C. Sickels
This fascinating and thought-provoking read challenges readers to consider entertainer...
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100 Entertainers Who Changed America : An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries [2 Volumes]
2013
This fascinating and thought-provoking read challenges readers to consider entertainers and entertainment in new ways, and highlights figures from outside the worlds of film, television, and music as influential'pop stars.'Comprising approximately 100 entries from more than 50 contributors from a variety of fields, this book covers a wide historical swath of entertainment figures chosen primarily for their lasting influence on American popular culture, not their popularity. The result is a unique collection that spotlights a vastly different array of figures than would normally be included in a collection of this nature—and appeals to readers ranging from high school students to professionals researching specific entertainers.Each subject individual's influence on popular culture is analyzed from the context of his or her time to the present in a lively and engaging way and through a variety of intellectual approaches. Many entries examine commonly discussed figures'influence on popular culture in ways not normally seen—for example, the widespread appeal of Woody Allen's essay collections to other comedians; or the effect of cinematic adaptations of Tennessee Williams'plays in breaking down Hollywood censorship.
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Celebrities--United States--Biography--Dictionaries - Entertainers--United States--Biography--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Great Lives From History
Bankston, Carl L.;Bankston, Carl L.
Great Lives From History
2011
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African Americans--Biography--Encyclopedias - African Americans--History--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
MISSING WOMAN.
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New Yorker. 9/14/2009, Vol. 85 Issue 28, p102-108. 7p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
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MISSING WOMAN.
New Yorker. 9/14/2009, Vol. 85 Issue 28, p102-108. 7p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
The article discusses U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart . In 1937 Earhart disappeared while trying to circumnavigate the earth along with Fred Noonan. Circumstantial evidence exists that she crashed on the Nikumaroro atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Prior to that she had won renown as the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean via aircraft.
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UNITED States - EARHART, Amelia, 1897-1937 - NOONAN, Fred - AIR pilots - VOYAGES around the worldContent provider:
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San Francisco in the 1930s : The WPA Guide to the City by the Bay
Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration;Federal Writer...
'San Francisco has no single landmark by which the world may identify it,'according to...
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San Francisco in the 1930s : The WPA Guide to the City by the Bay
2011
'San Francisco has no single landmark by which the world may identify it,'according to San Francisco in the 1930s, originally published in 1940. This would surely come as a surprise to the millions who know and love the Golden Gate Bridge or recognize the Transamerica Building's pyramid. This invaluable Depression-era guide to San Francisco relates the city's history from the vantage point of the 1930s, describing its culture and highlighting the important tourist attractions of the time. David Kipen's lively introduction revisits the city's literary heritage—from Bret Harte to Kenneth Rexroth, Jade Snow Wong, and Allen Ginsberg—as well as its most famous landmarks and historic buildings. This rich and evocative volume, resonant with portraits of neighborhoods and districts, allows us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and savor the City by the Bay as it used to be.
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Great Athletes: Olympic Sports-4 Volume Set
Editors of Salem Press;Editors of Salem Press
Features athletes who excel in sports associated with the Summer and Winter Olympics.
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Great Athletes: Olympic Sports-4 Volume Set
2010
Features athletes who excel in sports associated with the Summer and Winter Olympics.
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Olympics - Athletes--Biography--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
Frank Hoffmann;Frank Hoffmann
First Published in 2005. The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, 2nd edition, is an A to Z...
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Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
First Published in 2005. The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, 2nd edition, is an A to Z reference work covering the entire history of recorded sound from Edison discs to CDs and MP3. Entries range from technical terms (Acoustics; Back Tracking; Quadraphonic) to recording genres (blues, opera, spoken word) to histories of industry leaders and record labels to famed recording artists (focusing on their impact on recorded sound). Entries range in length from 25-word definitions of terms to 5000 word essays. Drawing on a panel of experts, the general editor has pulled together a wealth of information. The volume concludes with a complete reference bibliography and a deep index.
2005
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Sound recordings--Dictionaries - Sound recording industry--DictionariesContent provider:
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Heritage Magazine for the Intelligent Collector; Spring2014, Issue 22, p24-25, 2p
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Private Collection.
Heritage Magazine for the Intelligent Collector; Spring2014, Issue 22, p24-25, 2p
The article highlights several collectibles such as books and autograph included in a private rare item collection from North Carolina. James Gannon, the director of Rare Books at Heritage Auctions, discusses several presidential books in the collection that are signed by their authors. Several books being presented include Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale" and Amelia Earhart's "20 Hrs ., 40 Min .: Our Flight in the Friendship ."
