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The Fatal Flame

By: Lyndsay Faye

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Reluctantly embroiled in a 1840s dispute between a corrupt Tammany Hall leader and an arsonist with an agenda, Copper Star Timothy Wilde finds his investigation challenged by his brother's decision to run for public office.

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G.P. Putnam's Sons

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0425276260

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9780425276266

Fighting Chance

The Struggle Over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

By: Faye E. Dudden

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Fighting Chance

The Struggle Over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

By: Faye E. Dudden

The advocates of woman suffrage and black suffrage came to a bitter falling-out in the midst of Reconstruction, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the 15th Amendment for granting black men the right to vote but not women. How did these two causes, so long allied, come to this? In a lively narrative of insider politics, betrayal, deception, and personal conflict, Fighting Chance offers fresh answers to this question and reveals that racism was not the only cause, but that the outcome also depended heavily on money and political maneuver.

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Oxford University Press

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0199376433

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9780199376438

Hidden in History: The Untold Story of Female Artists, Musicians, and Writers

By: Myra Faye Turner

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Hidden in History: The Untold Story of Female Artists, Musicians, and Writers

By: Myra Faye Turner

Of the few historical shortlists women make as influencers in the arts; the same few names are recognized; making the catalogue of powerful and gifted females feel like an small and exclusive club. The truth is; however; that far more women than we know can be credited with contributions to the industries in which they honed their crafts. In 1940; when the world was at war and the Civil Rights Movement had yet to turn the page of history; Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Academy Award. She and Anna May Wong fought hard to pave the way for actresses of color and fight against racial stereotypes. Maria Tallchief was the first; and one of the only; Native American prima ballerinas to push past the stage wings toward the limelight. More than just performers; these women were people as well. In Hidden in History: The Untold Stories of Female Artists; Musicians; and Writers; the lives of many of these artists are explored; from Edmonia Lewis' wrongful expulsion from higher learning to the boundary-breaking talents of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm and their untraditional start as a school band. This book is an open door to the lives of 10 female artists; wordsmiths and performers whose work has often been overlooked in the dusty pages of an often male-dictated narration.

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Atlantic Publishing Company

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1620235633

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9781620235638

Women in the American Theatre

Actresses and Audiences, 1790-1870

By: Faye E. Dudden

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Women in the American Theatre

Actresses and Audiences, 1790-1870

By: Faye E. Dudden

Through a series of biographical sketches of female performers and managers, Dudden provides a discussion of the conflicted messages conveyed by the early theatre about what it meant to be a woman. It both showed women as sex objects and provided opportunities for careers.

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Yale University Press

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0300070586

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9780300070583

Sentimental Readers

The Rise, Fall, and Revival of a Disparaged Rhetoric

By: Faye Halpern

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Sentimental Readers

The Rise, Fall, and Revival of a Disparaged Rhetoric

By: Faye Halpern

How could novels like Uncle Tom’s Cabin change the hearts and minds of thousands of mid-nineteenth-century readers, yet make so many modern readers cringe at their over-the-top, tear-filled scenes? Sentimental Readers explains why sentimental rhetoric was so compelling to readers of that earlier era, why its popularity waned in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and why today it is generally characterized as overly emotional and artificial. But author Faye Halpern also does more: she demonstrates that this now despised rhetoric remains relevant to contemporary writing teachers and literary scholars. Halpern examines these novels with a fresh eye by positioning sentimentality as a rhetorical strategy on the part of these novels’ (mostly) female authors, who used it to answer a question that plagued the male-dominated world of nineteenth-century American rhetoric and oratory: how could listeners be sure an eloquent speaker wasn’t unscrupulously persuading them of an untruth? The authors of sentimental novels managed to solve this problem even as the professional male rhetoricians and orators could not, because sentimental rhetoric, filled with tears and other physical cues of earnestness, ensured that an audience could trust the heroes and heroines of these novels. However, as a wider range of authors began wielding sentimental rhetoric later in the nineteenth century, readers found themselves less and less convinced by this strategy. In her final discussion, Halpern steps beyond a purely historical analysis to interrogate contemporary rhetoric and reading practices among literature professors and their students, particularly first-year students new to the “close reading” method advocated and taught in most college English classrooms. Doing so allows her to investigate how sentimental novels are understood today by both groups and how these contemporary reading strategies compare to those of Americans more than a century ago. Clearly, sentimental novels still have something to teach us about how and why we read.

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University of Iowa Press

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1609382102

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9781609382100

Children of the Series and how They Grew, Or, A Century of Heroines and Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral

By: Faye Riter Kensinger

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Children of the Series and how They Grew, Or, A Century of Heroines and Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral

By: Faye Riter Kensinger

Children's series fiction comprises tales incorporating innocence and hard reality along with romance, wit, and character. Heavy streaks of morality diminished as the entertainment element increased. Heroes performed in a wide range of adventures, but restrictions often kept heroines close to home. Series fiction peaked, then waned, but such writers as Beverly Cleary and Madeleine L'Engle carried on the style.

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Popular Press

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0879723769

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9780879723767

Contested Lives

The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition

By: Faye D. Ginsburg

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Contested Lives

The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition

By: Faye D. Ginsburg

Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism. A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue and a shift toward more violent, even deadly, forms of anti-abortion protest. Responses to this trend included government legislation, a decline in clinics and doctors offering abortion services, and also the formation of Common Ground, an alliance bringing together activists from both sides to address shared concerns. Ginsburg shows that what may have seemed an ephemeral artifact of "Midwestern feminism" of the 1980s actually foreshadowed unprecedented possibilities for reconciliation in one of the most entrenched conflicts of our times.

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Univ of California Press

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0520217357

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9780520217355

Gracie's Journey

A heartwarming story about loss and a quest for remembrance

By: Faye Cady

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Gracie's Journey

A heartwarming story about loss and a quest for remembrance

By: Faye Cady

Thirteen-year-old Grace Thibodaux knew that she was a lucky girl, probably the luckiest girl ever. Both of her parents, Joe-Joe and Em, loved her so much. Grace loved them too. Their home was filled with music and laughter. Every day they taught Grace something new. Having Down syndrome, some things came easy to Grace; others were more difficult for her to learn. However, she always thought of what Em said: "That does not define you, Gracie." In other words, Down syndrome was just one part of Grace, like her dimples or brown eyes. Em had a way of explaining such matters: "You can do almost anything if you want it enough, Gracie." Life was good. Then on a December day, in the blink of an eye, the Thibodaux household changed forever. Gracie's beloved Joe-Joe was killed in a tragic accident. Her whole world was shattered on that day. Grace didn't think it could get worse, but it did. She awoke one day, and she could not remember Joe-Joe's voice or his laughter. She thought that she was losing him forever. Grace knew that she had to do something to keep Joe-Joe in her mind and in her heart, and she had to do it alone. She couldn't tell Em; she was already so sad. After careful planning, Gracie embarks on a suspenseful journey that brings life lessons, friendship, and healing.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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ISBN 13

9798891307728

Fighting Chance:The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

By: Faye E. Dudden

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Fighting Chance:The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

By: Faye E. Dudden

The advocates of woman suffrage and black suffrage came to a bitter falling-out in the midst of Reconstruction, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the 15th Amendment because it granted the vote to black men but not to women. How did these two causes, so long allied, come to this?Based on extensive research, Fighting Chance is a major contribution to women's history and to 19th-century political history--a story of how idealists descended to racist betrayal and desperate failure.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199772630

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9780199772636

Book's by Faye Cady

The Fatal Flame

The Fatal Flame

Fighting Chance

Fighting Chance

Hidden in History: The Untold Story of Female Artists, Musicians, and Writers

Hidden in History: The Untold Story of Female Artists, Musicians, and Writers

Women in the American Theatre

Women in the American Theatre

Sentimental Readers

Sentimental Readers

Children of the Series and how They Grew, Or, A Century of Heroines and Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral

Children of the Series and how They Grew, Or, A Century of Heroines and Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral

Contested Lives

Contested Lives

Gracie's Journey

Gracie's Journey

Fighting Chance:The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

Fighting Chance:The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America

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