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The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age

The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age

Wendy Gamber

Wendy Gamber chronicles the life and times of this charming and persuasive Gilded Age confidence woman, who became famous not only as an accused murderess but also as an itinerant peddler of patent medicine and the supposed originator of ...
The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age

The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age

Wendy Gamber

Clem, Wendy Gamber chronicles the life and times of this charming and persuasive Gilded Age confidence woman, who became famous not only as an accused murderess but also as an itinerant peddler of patent medicine and the supposed originator ...
On the Make: Clerks and the Quest for Capital in ...

On the Make: Clerks and the Quest for Capital in ...

Brian P. Luskey

Wendy Gamber, conversely, has discovered that some lodging clerks tried desperately to master a refined appearance while obscuring their “loaferish . . . habit[s]” of smoking and drinking alcohol. Still others, she notes, piously attended  ...
Famine and Fashion: Needlewomen in the Nineteenth Century

Famine and Fashion: Needlewomen in the Nineteenth Century

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Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 6. Here my evidence appears to contrast with that discovered by Wendy Gamber in her study, The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades 1860-1930 (Urbana: University ...
Becoming Citizens: The Emergence and Development of the ...

Becoming Citizens: The Emergence and Development of the ...

Gayle Gullett

... Culture of Reconstruction Laura F. Edwards The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860—1930 Wendy Gamber Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830—80 MarliF. Weiner A Hard Fight for ...
A Culture of Credit: embedding trust and transparency in ...

A Culture of Credit: embedding trust and transparency in ...

Rowena OLEGARIO

Wendy Gamber's Boston study shows that married women's businesses lasted twice as long as those of single women, although it is unclear whether there was a causal link between marriage and enhanced business longevity. Susan Ingalls  ...
The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America

The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America

Wendy Gamber

Elizabeth Blackmar's Manhattan for Rent, 1785-185o (Cornell University Press, 1989) and Jeanne Boydston's Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor in the Early Republic (Oxford University Press, 199o) are especially ...
Cold War Progressives: Women's Interracial Organizing for ...

Cold War Progressives: Women's Interracial Organizing for ...

Jacqueline Castledine

... Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860–1930 Wendy Gamber Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830–80 MarliF. Weiner A Hard Fight for We: Women's Transition from Slavery to Freedom in South ...
American public life and the historical imagination

American public life and the historical imagination

Wendy Gamber

The essays in American Public Life and the Historical Imagination, all written by former students of Keller, illuminate this new field while also offering a rich appreciation of the complex and diverse American experience.
Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice for All the Drama In Your Life

Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice for All the Drama In Your Life

Wendy Williams

"Ask Wendy" has become more than just a fan-favorite TV segment; it's her calling card. Wendy has helped her viewers cope with everything from backstabbing girlfriends and deadbeat boyfriends to crazy mothers-in-law and jealous coworkers.
Wendy's Got the Heat

Wendy's Got the Heat

Wendy Williams

Wendy's Got the Heat is her story -- about growing up in a predominately white suburb, recovering from drug addiction, struggling to launch a successful career in one of the most male-dominated media industries—and it's by turns painful, ...
Brian and Wendy Froud's The Pressed Fairy Journal of ...

Brian and Wendy Froud's The Pressed Fairy Journal of ...

Wendy Froud

Renowned artist/author duo Brian and Wendy Froud present, for the first time, the backstory of Cottington Hall and its intriguing inhabitants: the Cottington family and the faeries living among them.
Chance of Happiness: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island ...

Chance of Happiness: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island ...

Wendy Lynn Clark

Wendy Lynn Clark. Chance. of. Happiness. San Juan Island Stories #2 by Wendy Lynn Clark ***** Published by: Wendy Lynn Clark Publishing PO Box 1993 Vancouver, WA 98668 ...
Eat Beautiful: Nourish your skin from the inside out

Eat Beautiful: Nourish your skin from the inside out

Wendy Rowe

Foreword by Sienna Miller. World-renowned beauty and make-up expert Wendy Rowe knows skin inside out. In this refreshing beauty book, Wendy will teach you how to keep your skin healthy and let your inner and outer beauty shine.
Fatty Patty: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories ...

Fatty Patty: A Romantic Short Story (San Juan Island Stories ...

Wendy Lynn Clark

Wendy Lynn Clark. Fatty. Patty. San Juan Island Stories #1 by Wendy Lynn Clark ***** Published by: Wendy Lynn Clark Publishing PO Box 1993 Vancouver, WA 98668 ...
The Last Present

The Last Present

Wendy Mass

Don't miss the latest entry in the incredible Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass!
The Adventures of Susie The Snail and Wendy The Wasp:

The Adventures of Susie The Snail and Wendy The Wasp:

Michael Willis

Susie is lost and lonely. Then a stranger, Wendy, shows her how you don’t have to know someone to help them.
A Little Girl's War

A Little Girl's War

Wendy Appleton

From the London Blitz to Burnley as an evacuee: the wartime experiences of Wendy Appleton.
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Wendy Mass

Lively characters, surprising twists, and thought-provoking ideas make Wendy Mass's latest novel an unforgettable read.
The Wendy Williams Experience

The Wendy Williams Experience

Wendy Williams

In the dishiest book of the year, the top-rated and controversial radio host delivers the good, the bad, and the ugly on the industry's biggest stars.
The Last Integrationist

The Last Integrationist

Jake Lamar

there was Wendy Hoffman of POL, microphone in hand, camera crew in tow. How the hell had she weaseled her way into the protected area? Melvin and his security detail pushed their way through the police barricades. Wendy Hoffman, with ...
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words

Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words

Wendy MacNaughton

Take a stroll through the City by the Bay with renowned artist Wendy MacNaughton in this collection of illustrated documentaries.
Chanel Bonfire

Chanel Bonfire

Wendy Lawless

"Wendy Lawless' stunning memoir of resilience in the face of an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother"--
The Hindus: An Alternative History

The Hindus: An Alternative History

Wendy Doniger

Wendy Doniger is one of the foremost scholars of Hinduism in the world. With her inimitable insight and expertise Doniger illuminates those moments within the tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon.
Dragonfly Song

Dragonfly Song

Wendy Orr

Aissa is resilient, resourceful, and fast - but to survive the bull ring, she will have to learn the mystery of her true nature. A riveting, mythic Bronze Age adventure from award-winning author Wendy Orr.
Space Taxi: B.U.R.P. Strikes Back

Space Taxi: B.U.R.P. Strikes Back

Wendy Mass

Book five in the intergalactic science-based chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer!
Chanel Bonfire

Chanel Bonfire

Wendy Lawless

In her stunning memoir, Wendy Lawless tells the often heartbreaking tale of her unconventional upbringing with an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother—a real-life Holly Golightly turned Mommie Dearest—and the uncommon sense of ...
The New Librarianship Field Guide

The New Librarianship Field Guide

R. David Lankes

What follows is a discussion by Wendy Newman, who has been both an outspoken advocate for librarians and a teacher of the advocacy process itself. Wendy has looked very deeply into the idea of librarians and advocacy, even teaching a ...

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