From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti slavery activist.
Social reformers
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Author:Macdonald, Ian, O'Keefe, BettySummary:This lively biography of Bishop Edward Cridge and his wife Mary paints a vivid picture of early Victoria as it developed from an isolated Hudson's Bay Company post into the bustling capital of British Columbia. Recruited from England by...
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Author:Sissons, CrystalSummary:Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences. In 1923, at the age of nineteen, she became the first woman to attend engineering classes at the...
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Author:Eliot, GeorgeSummary:Sisters Dorothea and Cecilia live in genteel poverty in an English village. Dorothea, seeking a life of noble service, falls for the dry intellectual Edward Casaubon, much to her light-hearted sister’s dismay. Eight hundred pages of...
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Author:Eliot, GeorgeSummary:Through Dorothea and other townsfolk, Eliot shows how various human passions interrelate with Victorian society.
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Author:Gorham, DeborahSummary:Marion Dewar could never ignore a person who was begging in the street. Along with money, she would offer words of encouragement and friendship. Perhaps it was her training as a nurse, her devout Catholic upbringing, or maybe it was...
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The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.
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Author:Kohli, Marjorie, Bagnell, Kenneth, Pettit, Mary, Corbett, Gail H.Summary:In the early years after Confederation in Canada, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent...
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Author:Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, Obstfeld, RaymondSummary:Like many kids, Kareem, known then as Lew Alcindor, struggled to fit in, please a strict father, and deal with severe shyness. Unlike most, he had to grapple with a growth spurt that shot him up taller than everyone else. Also, the...
