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The Patchwork Quilt

By: Valerie Flournoy

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Twenty years ago Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney created a warmhearted intergenerational story that became an award-winning perennial. Since then children from all sorts of family situations and configurations continue to be drawn to its portrait of those bonds that create the fabric of family life.

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0803700970

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The Patchwork Quilt

By: Valerie Flournoy

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By: Valerie Flournoy

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The Hillary Doctrine

Sex and American Foreign Policy

By: Valerie M. Hudson,Patricia Leidl

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The Hillary Doctrine

Sex and American Foreign Policy

By: Valerie M. Hudson,Patricia Leidl

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first Secretary of State to declare the subjugation of women worldwide a serious threat to U.S. national security. Known as the Hillary Doctrine, her stance was the impetus behind the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomatic and Development Review of U.S. foreign policy, formally committing America to the proposition that the empowerment of women is a stabilizing force for domestic and international peace. Blending history, fieldwork, theory, and policy analysis while incorporating perspectives from officials and activists on the front lines of implementation, this book is the first to thoroughly investigate the Hillary Doctrine in principle and practice. Does the insecurity of women make nations less secure? How has the doctrine changed the foreign policy of the United States and altered its relationship with other countries such as China and Saudi Arabia? With studies focusing on Guatemala, Afghanistan, and Yemen, this invaluable policy text closes the gap between rhetoric and reality, confronting head-on what the future of fighting such an entrenched enemy entails. The research reports directly on the work being done by U.S. government agencies, including the Office of Global Women's Issues, established by Clinton during her tenure at the State Department, and explores the complexity and pitfalls of attempting to improve the lives of women while safeguarding the national interest.

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453

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Columbia University Press

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023153910X

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9780231539104

Being Fair, Faring Better

Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma

By: Roberta Gatti,Sandor Karacsony,Kosuke Anan,Celine Ferré,Carmen de Paz Nieves,Valerie Morrica,Carmen de Paz,Abla Safir

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Being Fair, Faring Better

Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma

By: Roberta Gatti,Sandor Karacsony,Kosuke Anan,Celine Ferré,Carmen de Paz Nieves,Valerie Morrica,Carmen de Paz,Abla Safir

In Central and Eastern European countries, inequalities for Roma families living in marginalized communities start early and are striking. Some of these inequalities reflect hard-wired family circumstances such as being born in poverty. Others reflect lack of opportunities such as limited access to those basic goods and services that are necessary not only for realizing one's potential in life, but also for living with dignity. Gaps between Roma and non-Roma widen over the lifecycle in a way that reinforces and perpetuates disadvantage and translates into significantly unequal outcomes, despite the fact that Roma report having similar aspirations to those of their non-Roma neighbors. Promoting equal opportunities for disadvantaged Roma is not only an imperative for societies that want to call themselves fair, but it is also a smart economic choice, especially in those countries where populations are aging rapidly. Investing early, with a particular emphasis on supporting healthy and cognitive development for disadvantaged Roma children, is likely to go a long way in promoting fair chances. However, leveling the playing field in childhood is likely not enough: disadvantaged Roma continue being exposed to unequal opportunities at key nodes in their lives, such as when pursuing education or when looking for a job. Therefore, it is as important that a broader set of policies address some of the circumstances in which a large share of Roma children grow up, including access to employment and decent living conditions for their families. Implementing interventions that help overcome these interrelated barriers will require strong ownership at the national level, coordinated policies across different ministries and government levels, and an integrated delivery system that is grounded in approaches that are customized to local conditions and implemented in a participatory manner. Good practices in Europe and elsewhere show that inclusion of the most disadvantaged - including many Roma - is possible and the current programming cycle for European Funds represents a unique opportunity to fund such interventions.

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235

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World Bank Publications

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1464806195

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9781464806193

Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film

Eight Star Profiles

By: Valerie C. Gilbert

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Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film

Eight Star Profiles

By: Valerie C. Gilbert

This book uses a black/white interracial lens to examine the lives and careers of eight prominent American-born actresses from the silent age through the studio era, New Hollywood, and into the present century: Josephine Baker, Nina Mae McKinney, Fredi Washington, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Lonette McKee, Jennifer Beals and Halle Berry. Combining biography with detailed film readings, the author fleshes out the tragic mulatto stereotype, while at the same time exploring concepts and themes such as racial identity, the one-drop rule, passing, skin color, transracial adoption, interracial romance, and more. With a wealth of background information, this study also places these actresses in historical context, providing insight into the construction of race, both onscreen and off.

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303

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McFarland

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147664473X

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9781476644738

The Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau Vol 1

By: Deborah Logan,Valerie Sanders

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The Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau Vol 1

By: Deborah Logan,Valerie Sanders

Throughout her fifty-year career, Harriet Martineau's prolific literary output was matched only by her exchanges with a range of high-profile British, American and European correspondents. This set focuses on the letters written by Martineau, contextualising the correspondence through annotation of the highest standard. Volume 1 contains letters from 1819-1837.

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336

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Routledge

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1000419827

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9781000419825

Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack

By: Valerie Porter,Lawrence Alderson,Stephen J.G. Hall,D. Phillip Sponenberg

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Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack

By: Valerie Porter,Lawrence Alderson,Stephen J.G. Hall,D. Phillip Sponenberg

Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding describes breeds of livestock worldwide as well as a range of breed-related subjects such as husbandry, health and behaviour. This definitive and prestigious reference work presents easily accessible information on domestication (including wild ancestors and related species), genetics and breeding, livestock produce and markets, as well as breed conservation and the cultural and social aspects of livestock farming. Written by renowned livestock authorities, these volumes draw on the authors' lifelong interest and involvement in livestock breeds of the world, presenting a unique, comprehensive and fully cross-referenced guide to cattle, buffalo, horses, pigs, sheep, asses, goats, camelids, yak and other domesticants.

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1109

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CABI

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1845934660

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9781845934668

Until Summer's End

By: Valerie Flournoy

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Until Summer's End

By: Valerie Flournoy

Lovely Brenna Bryant stands poised on the threshold of an exciting career in architecture," but her attraction to the renowned architect Jonathan Maxwell confuses her professionalism, and she wonders if she can "deny the longings of her own heart ... until summer's end."--Jacket.

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198

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Doubleday Books

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0385233914

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9780385233910

Charles C. Painter

The Life of an Indian Reform Advocate

By: Valerie Sherer Mathes

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Charles C. Painter

The Life of an Indian Reform Advocate

By: Valerie Sherer Mathes

Charles Cornelius Coffin Painter (1833–89), clergyman turned reformer, was one of the foremost advocates and activists in the late-nineteenth-century movement to reform U.S. Indian policy. Very few individuals possessed the influence Painter wielded in the movement, and Painter himself published numerous pamphlets for the Indian Rights Association (IRA) on the Southern Utes, Eastern Cherokees, California Indians, and other Native peoples. Yet this is the first book to fully consider his unique role and substantial contribution. Born in Virginia, Painter spent most of his life in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, commuting to New York City and Washington, D.C., initially as an agent of the American Missionary Association (AMA), later as an appointed member of the Board of Indian Commissions (BIC), and, most significant, as the Indian Rights Association’s D.C. agent. In these capacities he lobbied presidents and Congress for reform, conducted extensive investigations on reservations, and shaped deliberations in such reform bodies as the BIC and the influential Lake Mohonk conferences. Mining an extraordinary wealth of archival material, Valerie Sherer Mathes crafts a compelling account of Painter as a skilled negotiator with Indians and policymakers and as a tireless investigator who traveled to far-flung reservations, corresponded with countless Indian agents, and drafted scrupulously researched reports on his findings. Recounted in detail, his many adventures and behind-the-scenes activities—promoting education, striving to prevent the removal of the Southern Utes from Colorado, investigating reservation fraud, working to save the Piegans of Montana from starvation—afford a clear picture of Painter’s importance to the overall reform effort to incorporate Native Americans into the fabric of American life. No other book so effectively captures the day-to-day and exhausting work of a single individual on the front lines of reform. Like most of his fellow advocates, Painter was an unapologetic assimilationist, a man of his times whose story is a key chapter in the history of the Indian reform movement.

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384

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806168196

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9780806168197

Celie and the Harvest Fiddler

By: Valerie & Vanessa Flournoy

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Celie and the Harvest Fiddler

By: Valerie & Vanessa Flournoy

Celie, a young African American girl living in the South in the 1870's, wants desperately to win the costume contest at the All Hallows' Eve harvest festival.

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HarperCollins

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0688114571

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9780688114572

Until Summer's End

By: Valerie Flournoy

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Until Summer's End

By: Valerie Flournoy

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The Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau Vol 1

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