We Remember : Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words and Pictures,9780688158637

We Remember : Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words and Pictures

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ISBN13: 9780688158637
ISBN10: 0688158633
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher(s): Sterling Pub
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Summary

In 24 powerful interviews and stunning portraits, here is a priceless glimpse of 100 years of American womanhood--a living mirror of the times. 24 photos throughout.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii(2)
FOREWORD ix(2)
Ellen Levine Good Housekeeping Editor in Chief
INTRODUCTION xi
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
LOIS ADDY Reflecting on a Time Before Autos, Sliced Bread--and the Vote
3(5)
PEGGYGENE EVANS The Dance of Life
8(5)
BESSIE MARSHALL A Slave's Daughter: Separate--Then Equal
13(6)
BROOKE ASTOR Sharing the Wealth
19(6)
MARGOT POR From the Misery of the Holocaust, a Miracle
25(5)
ANITA CURREY The Glass Ceiling, Circa 1930
30(5)
CONNIE SMALL A Lighthouse Keeper's Wife
35(4)
ANNIE COGBURN Nursing, 1920s Style
39(4)
THILDA AND LENA VANGSTAD Through the Years, Side by Side
43(4)
TOMIE ITO A Prisoner in Her Own Land
47(6)
LEILA DENMARK The Doctor Is In--Seventy Years and Counting
53(8)
ETHEL COFFMAN A Passion for Fashion
61(5)
SISTER REGINA HEYL Answering God's Call
66(7)
MINNIE LITTLEBEAR A Forgotten American
73(4)
ROSE KOTZ Surviving the Sweatshops
77(5)
BESS HOFFMAN The Day the Earth Shook
82(5)
MARTHA JANE FAULKNER Coming to the Promised Land
87(4)
EMMA WASHA Reporting from the Prairie
91(6)
HAZEL WOLF Protecting Mother Earth
97(6)
LINA BEACON The Heroism of an Everyday Housewife
103(4)
ETTA MOTEN BARNETT Her Heart Keeps On Singing
107(5)
BEATRICE WOOD Breaking the Mold
112(7)
FRIEDA MAY HARDIN A Woman Goes to War
119(4)
CAROLINE SCHAFFNER Always Leave Them Laughing
123

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