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Series
Publisher
The Kent State University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxii, 184 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Justice is blind, they say, but perhaps not to beauty. In supposedly dispassionate courts of law, attractive women have long avoided punishment, based largely on their looks, for cold-blooded crimes. The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial gathers the true stories of some of the most infamous femmes fatales in criminal history, collected by attorney and true crime historian Laura James. With cases from 1850 to 1997, these 32 examples span more...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After decades of segregation, women were at the forefront of the civil rights movement, the largest social upheaval since the end of the Civil War. Alongside men, they were leaders, planners, organizers, and protesters. They moved the needle toward groundbreaking legislation. They fought for women's rights and for justice for all. As the nation slowly moved toward political equality for people of color, these steadfast activists, alone or in groups,...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many women helped shape a free and independent United States of America. They are known as the Founding Mothers. These smart, brave women were ambassadors, fostering peace between Native Americans and Europeans. They risked their lives by writing, printing, and distributing information about the fight for independence. They supported their husbands during battle and even donned disguises to join the army. They were all key in shaping the America of...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Kent State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 171 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1875, an Irish-born Baltimore policeman, Patrick McDonald, entered the home of Daniel Brown, an African American laborer, and clubbed and shot Brown, who died within an hour of the attack. In similar cases at the time, authorities routinely exonerated Maryland law enforcement officers who killed African Americans, usually without serious inquiries into the underlying facts. But in this case, Baltimore's white community chose a different path....
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The year 2020 brings the centennial celebration of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. That victory was the hard-won result of a difficult fight waged over many decades by women from all walks of life. Some of those women gave their lives to the cause, while others, including women of color, were sidelined from this most basic right. This book tells all their stories.Women are sometimes called...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many women of different backgrounds lived together in the American West. Former enslaved women left the racism of the Southern states to find a new life. White settlers traveled alone or with their families seeking their fortune as farmers, teachers, or gold miners. They met Mexican and Native American women who already lived in the territory. They were later joined by Japanese and Chinese immigrant women. All these women faced hardship and an unfamiliar...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
World War II completely disrupted life in the United States and throughout the world, and it was an empowering turning point in U.S. women's history. Some women joined the armed forces as nurses and pilots. Some went to work outside the home in factories producing munitions, and building ships and airplanes. Some even became spies! But despite all these accomplishments, women were rarely given the recognition they deserved or the same benefits as...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"American schoolchildren have long been taught that their country was 'discovered' by Christopher Columbus in 1492. But the history of Native Americans in the United States goes back tens of tens of thousands of years prior to Columbus's and other colonizers' arrivals. So, what's the true history?"--
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