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The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in ...

The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in ...

Glenna Matthews

Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970 Glenna Matthews. For David Matthews Karen Matthews Maria Matthews and Monica Matthews Oxford University Press Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta ...
Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, ...

Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, ...

Glenna Matthews

And, by casting a focus on women in local society, Matthews has added a dimension mostly ignored by other authors. This is a must read for anyone interested in the origins and recent history of Silicon Valley.
"Just a Housewife": The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America

"Just a Housewife": The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America

Glenna Matthews

Examines the role of housewife and the esteem attached to the position both in the nineteenth century and in the twentieth.
American Women's History: A Student Companion

American Women's History: A Student Companion

Glenna Matthews

Alphabetical articles on major events, documents, persons, social movements, and political and social concepts connected with the history of women in America.
The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the ...

The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the ...

Glenna Matthews

In his book Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis, Steven Hackel employs the concept of “ecological imperialism,” to characterize the major means by which the Spanish triumphed: “Spaniards came equipped with unwitting silent  ...
Gendered Politics: Campaign Strategies of California Women ...

Gendered Politics: Campaign Strategies of California Women ...

Linda Van Ingen

55. Emmy E. Werner, “Women in Congress: 1917–1964,” Western Political Quarterly 19, no. 1 (March 1966): 16–30. 56. Nolan quoted in Glenna Matthews, “' There Is No Sex in Citizenship': The Career of Congresswoman Florence Prag Kahn ...
Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics

Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics

Linda Witt

See Glenna Matthews, The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 16301970 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), which details how many centuries it took for women to establish their authority ...
The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the ...

The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the ...

Glenna Matthews

As Heather Cox Richardson puts it, “during the war, the Republicans created an army and navy of more than one million men, invented national taxation and national money, distributed land to settlers and state governments for colleges, and ...
Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think

Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think

Chris Matthews

In this latest work, Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, Chris Matthews is at his brilliant, blunt, bulldogged best. From the Cold War to the Clinton years, Matthews gives the straight-up account of what it means to be an American.
Chris Matthews Complete Library E-book Box Set: Tip and the ...

Chris Matthews Complete Library E-book Box Set: Tip and the ...

Chris Matthews

Praise for Chris Matthews and Hardball “The best in the business!” —Thomas P. “ Tip” O'Neill, Jr. “Brilliant! God may take care of fools, drunks and the United States , but Chris Matthews has the goods on how Washington politicians take care of ...
Chris Matthews on Politics E-book Box Set: Hardball, Now, ...

Chris Matthews on Politics E-book Box Set: Hardball, Now, ...

Chris Matthews

PRAISE FOR CHRIS MATTHEWS'S PREVIOUS WORKS Hardball “Every so often a writer reads a book so incisive and so good that when he finally puts it down he says, 'Damn, I wish I had written this.' I just finished Chris Matthews's Hardball.
Palace of Treason

Palace of Treason

Jason Matthews

With the brilliant Palace of Treason, CIA veteran Jason Matthews confirms his position as the most exciting spy writer alive. This is as good as it gets. *** ACCLAIM FOR JASON MATTHEWS 'Taut, fast-paced and authentic.
That Man Matthews

That Man Matthews

Ann Evans

Even the best father in the world needs a little help now and then… Cody Matthews can't believe the recent changes in his daughter.
Red Sparrow: A Novel

Red Sparrow: A Novel

Jason Matthews

Turn the page for a preview of the next thrilling novel by JASON MATTHEWS, continuing the adventures of Dominika, the Red Sparrow, and Nathaniel, her CIA lover. . . Copyright © 2014 by Jason Matthews ONE Captain Dominika Egorova of  ...
Hepple and Matthews' Tort: Cases and Materials

Hepple and Matthews' Tort: Cases and Materials

Martin Matthews

This is a classic and highly-respected casebook in the field of tort law.
Happiness in a Nutshell:

Happiness in a Nutshell:

Andrew Matthews

The hugely popular pocket book featuring Andrew Matthews' favorite sayings and cartoons.
Captain George Barber of Georgia

Captain George Barber of Georgia

David Wayne Morgan

Joseph Beck Matthews married Caroline Spears, daughter of Alexander and Lucinda (Maynor) Spears. A. Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews married George Thomas Reynolds, son of Barber Watkins Reynolds. B. John Alexander Matthews married ...
Happiness Now:

Happiness Now:

Andrew Matthews

HAPPINESS NOW is about balancing relationships, finding career success and peace of mind. Written in Matthews' witty style, HAPPINESS NOW gets right to the point. It is a book for busy people.
Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Daily Life

Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Daily Life

Caitlin Matthews

In this volume, Caitlin Matthews shows the reader how to harness creative imagination and innate healing powers whilst exploring inner space, and the journey between the everyday world and the spiritual realm of the shaman.
The Calling of Dan Matthews

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Harold Bell Wright

Dan Matthews becomes the new minister of the Midwestern town of Corinth, and the peaceful town experiences controversy when the town's new nurse comes to the aid of an outcast woman after her suicide attempt.
Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked

Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews was an eyewitness to this story as top aide to Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, who waged a principled war of political ideals with President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 1986.
The Hardball Handbook: How to Win at Life

The Hardball Handbook: How to Win at Life

Chris Matthews

In The Hardball Handbook, Chris Matthews focuses on four areas–friendship, rivalry, reputation, and success–and shows how we can cull the best traits of others and use them ourselves.
Revolution and Reaction: Europe 1789-1849

Revolution and Reaction: Europe 1789-1849

Andrew Matthews

The clash between the forces of change and of conservatism provoked crisis, war, revolution and reaction. Andrew Matthews provides a lively and intelligent account.
Windows Server 2003 A Beginners Guide

Windows Server 2003 A Beginners Guide

Martin Matthews

Author Marty Matthews' patient approach will help you understand in detail hundreds of features and allow you to take advantage of all the power that is available in Windows Server 2003.
Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

Jason Matthews

But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrowtakes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down.
Midnight in Chattanooga: The game, the team and the dream ...

Midnight in Chattanooga: The game, the team and the dream ...

James Irwin

Matthews was livid. He phoned Barber early that morning. “When I picked up the paper that morning I was not a happy camper,” he said. That was an understatement, and one that Barber clarified. Matthews, Barber said, thought the story ...
Reading in History: New Methodologies from the ...

Reading in History: New Methodologies from the ...

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Methodologies«, Nicole Matthews and Jennifer Snead discuss how paratexts ... and the Visual Dimensions of the Book: The Popular Cold War Fictions of Helen MacInnes«, Nicole Matthews notes that prepublication details figure minimally in  ...
The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year

The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year

Caitlin Matthews

Now, with this inspiring book of day-by-day mediations, renowned Celtic scholar CaitlÍn Matthews shows you how to reawaken the power of this age-old spiritual inheritance.
Imagining Crime

Imagining Crime

Dr Alison Young

This was shouted by Ray Matthews after the jury's verdict was announced. Ray Matthews also appeared on a morning television show (Good Morning . . . with Anne and Nick. BBC1 ) to be interviewed about the trial and the verdict. During the ...
Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

Chris Matthews

Elusive Hero Chris Matthews. or five months, Bobby assured him, but couldn't let it look like a concession. “He persistently returned to one theme: time is of the essence and we shouldn't miss the chance.” Still, the entire perilous and ...

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