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Penny Colman
This exquisite biography recounts her volunteer work at Hull House, her eyewitness reaction to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911, and her work as secretary of labor during FDR’s…
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Award-winning author Penny Colman offers a compelling collection of true stories about eight women in the 20th century who were bold enough to confront obstacles and take risks in the…
Recounts Dorothea Dix’s lifelong fight to improve the lives of others, such as her own family, the mentally ill, prisoners, the physically ill, and the retarded.
Colman expertly explores the enormous changes in the lives of women in their own homes and beyond. The strengths of this book are in the happy combination of abundant primary…
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In her signature narrative nonfiction style, Colman paints a fascinating picture of the Thanksgiving holiday by examining numerous traditions that have been predecessors to the national holiday celebrated today. Illustrations.
The Vote: Women’s Fierce Fight, by award-winning author Penny Colman tells the gripping story of the battle for woman suffrage in America through first-hand accounts, newspaper headlines and articles, anecdotes…
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Documents the burial process throughout the centuries and in different cultures. Includes bonus materials.
In the spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boys, and…
The inspiring true stories of eight ground-breaking women who changed history.
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