44 Results in the "Non-Fiction" category
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Clara Brown lived amidst the turmoil of the 1850s, feeling the absence of her daughter Eliza, whom she yearned to find. Residing in Missouri and Kansas, she was reminded daily of her plight and the sentiments reinforced by Roger Taney’s ruling that she was not a citizen. Amidst the chaos of Bleeding Kansas, the allure of the Colorado gold rush sparked her imagination. Clara resolved to head west, inspired by a belief that Eliza might also seek opportunity there. By the spring of 1859, Clara joined a…-
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In 1942, while Daniel managed a first-aid station in Oahu, ten-year-old Norman Mineta loved baseball and Boy Scouts, growing up in a devoted Methodist family. His father, Kunisaku "Kay" Mineta, immigrated to the U.S. at fourteen, originally intending to reach San Francisco but disembarked in Seattle. After working his way south and struggling with English, he was enrolled in first grade at age sixteen, marking the beginning of his American journey. Years later, at twenty-four, he sought a wife, ultimately…
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In Chapter Twenty, titled "Daniel Inouye", the narrative follows the life of Daniel Inouye during World War II, specifically focusing on 1943 in Europe. After graduating high school with aspirations to serve, Daniel confronted the devastating reality of being categorized as an enemy alien following the Pearl Harbor attack. Japanese Americans were excluded from military service, leading him to continue his education in pre-med instead. Hawaii’s Japanese Americans largely avoided forced incarceration due…
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**Chapter Five: Henrico County, Virginia, 1907 - The Small and the Mighty** In Henrico County, Jackson Davis, influenced by Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy, reached out to the Jeanes Fund to support Black education. Washington, renowned as a Black educator, advocated for self-help and practical skills over protests, hoping to gradually improve the economic status of Black citizens. Davis proposed to use the funded salary for Virginia Randolph, a supervising teacher who exemplified the…
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In Chapter Six titled "Katharine Lee Bates," we learn about the early life of Katharine Lee Bates, born in 1859 to Cornelia and a father, who, shortly after her birth, succumbed to a painful ailment. Katharine, or Katie as she was often called, was the youngest of four children, her family deeply rooted in a lineage of writers and poets tracing back to the 1400s. Despite the challenges of her family's circumstances post her father's death, her mother Cornelia worked tirelessly to support the family while…
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In the chapter titled "Claudette Colvin," the narrative reveals a deeper truth about the civil rights movement and the pivotal role played by Claudette Colvin, whose story predates that of Rosa Parks. Claudette, a fifteen-year-old girl living in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman nine months before Parks' famous act of defiance in December 1955. During an outing with school friends, Claudette sat in the rear section of the bus designated for Black passengers, when a white…
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In the chapter titled "Katharine Lee Bates," set in England during the 1880s, Katie embarks on a difficult voyage aboard the *State of Nebraska*, arriving bruised and melancholy after parting from her loved ones. Despite her challenging journey, she finds solace in exploring English libraries and the picturesque countryside, discovering a room in the British Museum bearing her surname, where her own book, *Rose and Thorn*, brings her delight. As she wanders through Gothic cathedrals, she grapples with her…
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In the context of the 1890s, when the U.S. faced a severe economic downturn known as the Great Depression, societal unrest fueled growing nativist sentiments and led to restrictive immigration laws, particularly against Asian immigrants. As corruption peaked in Washington, Grover Cleveland was reelected president, promising to root it out. Amidst these challenges, Chicago prepared to host the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, celebrating Columbus, a figure personified as “Columbia” — a female…
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In "Chapter Nine: Inez Milholland," the narrative revolves around the vibrant personality of Inez Milholland, a young woman of striking beauty and intelligence, who emerged as a prominent figure in the women’s suffrage movement in early 20th-century America. As the chapter unfolds in New York in 1910, Inez is depicted as an audacious and modern woman who defied the traditional roles of femininity shaped by the Gilded Age's cult of domesticity. Educated at Vassar College, her ambitions extended beyond…
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In 1911, Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez took to the streets of California, standing atop her car in the plaza, advocating for women's suffrage in Spanish, making her a unique voice in the movement. Known simply as Maria, she was a product of the San Gabriel Valley, where her father, a Mexican immigrant and blacksmith, had originally bought an adobe house by the San Gabriel Mission. Unlike the traditional image of women at the time, Maria, or Lupe as she often went by, was highly educated, likely the…
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