She quickly established herself as a fierce advocate for women and minorities, and a leader for House Democrats on many social justice issues. Her rewrite of the Violence Against Women Act included protections for Native American, transgender and immigrant women. She was an advocate for gay rights...
Also ranks #44 on The Most Beautiful British Women Also ranks #57 on The Best English Actresses of All Time Also ranks #74 on The 85+ Best British Actresses Working Today 3 Irma P. Hall 06/02/1935 16 Sometimes fame comes later in life; and sometimes show business "discovers" you long...
There aren’t any other Speaks men, or women, in Washington County. Was he dropped fully grown by the stork? In 2005, I attended my first Speaks Family Association Convention, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and met my lovely cousins who I’m quite close to. I gave an introductory ...
" had this banner season for the club his older brother ran. With Bill (or Willie, as you may also see him listed) at the top of their rotation, the American Giants also won two straight World Series from 1926-27.
But for today, let’s just start by looking briefly at these two. Rebecca Harding Davis was an author and journalist who, like other realists, was concerned about all those social changes going on. She wrote mainly about some marginalized groups of the time, like women, native Americans, ...
“Thousands camped as thick as grass blades with no shelter except some kind devised from their small store of baggage; women fainting in the road and carried by the loads to the United States hospital.” Amidst the charming tale of cattle being driven down Genesee Street and the harrowing ...
in mainstream advertising campaigns for outdoor and travel media. As the founder of theNative Women's Wilderness, she created a community that not only increases indigenous representation, but also provides Native American women with a space to share their stories, support each other, and educate ...
Her description of Caribbean-American experiences inBrown Girl, Brownstonesresonates with immigrants of many backgrounds in the midst of today’s vocal anti-immigrant sentiments. And her portrayal of everyday black women—those she called “kitchen table poets”—who seek lives of great joy and fu...
ring-headed cloak pin that was found– clear proof of the Norse Norse presence in the North Atlantic over 1000 years ago. A small spindle whorl, part of a thread spinning kit, a fragment of a bone needle, and a small whetstone for sharpening it revealed the presence of Norse women. . ...
Rebecca Harding Davis was an author and journalist who, like other realists, was concerned about all those social changes going on.She wrote mainly about some marginalized groups of the time, like women, Native Americans, uh, immigrants.Now, her best-known book is a novella called Life in ...