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Author: Bowman Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 0802840221 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 81
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"Amazing Women of West Michigan" is a celebration of women who strive to make their community a better place to live. From doctors and lawyers to social workers and artists, the thirty-five women featured here are each unique in the role they fulfill. They come from a wide variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, yet all exhibit the same sort of courage, strength, and determination. These amazing women have overcome difficult circumstances, pursued nontraditional careers, and changed lives with their care and compassion. Their stories as told by author Crystal Bowman -- accompanied by Tim Priests exceptional black-and-white photographs -- celebrate lives well lived and will inspire readers of all ages in western Michigan and beyond. Just a few of the remarkable women portrayed here: Suzanne Geha -- television news anchor Terri Lynn Land -- Michigan Secretary of State Gaiane Akopian -- ballerina Pamela Carrier -- police captain Ethel Footman Smothers -- childrens book author Sister Patrice Konwinski -- Chancellor of the Diocese of Grand Rapids
Author: Bowman Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 0802840221 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 81
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"Amazing Women of West Michigan" is a celebration of women who strive to make their community a better place to live. From doctors and lawyers to social workers and artists, the thirty-five women featured here are each unique in the role they fulfill. They come from a wide variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, yet all exhibit the same sort of courage, strength, and determination. These amazing women have overcome difficult circumstances, pursued nontraditional careers, and changed lives with their care and compassion. Their stories as told by author Crystal Bowman -- accompanied by Tim Priests exceptional black-and-white photographs -- celebrate lives well lived and will inspire readers of all ages in western Michigan and beyond. Just a few of the remarkable women portrayed here: Suzanne Geha -- television news anchor Terri Lynn Land -- Michigan Secretary of State Gaiane Akopian -- ballerina Pamela Carrier -- police captain Ethel Footman Smothers -- childrens book author Sister Patrice Konwinski -- Chancellor of the Diocese of Grand Rapids
Author: Mary Doria Russell Publisher: Atria Books ISBN: 1982109580 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes an inspiring historical novel about “America’s Joan of Arc” Annie Clements—the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world. In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She’s spent her whole life in the copper-mining town of Calumet, Michigan where men risk their lives for meager salaries—and had barely enough to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man telling them their loved ones aren’t coming home. When Annie decides to stand up for herself, and the entire town of Calumet, nearly everyone believes she may have taken on more than she is prepared to handle. In Annie’s hands lie the miners’ fortunes and their health, her husband’s wrath over her growing independence, and her own reputation as she faces the threat of prison and discovers a forbidden love. On her fierce quest for justice, Annie will discover just how much she is willing to sacrifice for her own independence and the families of Calumet. From one of the most versatile writers in contemporary fiction, this novel is an authentic and moving historical portrait of the lives of the men and women of the early 20th century labor movement, and of a turbulent, violent political landscape that may feel startlingly relevant to today.
Author: Viola Shipman Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1488036594 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 409
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A USA Today Bestseller! “Every now and then a new voice in fiction arrives to completely charm, entertain and remind us what matters. Viola Shipman is that voice and The Summer Cottage is that absolutely irresistible and necessary novel.” — New York Times Bestselling Author Dorothea Benton Frank From the bestselling author of The Charm Bracelet and The Recipe Box comes the perfect summer escape about the restorative power of family tradition, small-town community and the feel of sand between your toes Adie Lou Kruger’s ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home—complete with its own set of rules for relaxing—that she’s inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she’s facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She’s determined not to let her husband’s affair with a grad student reduce her to a cliché, or to waste one more minute in a career she doesn’t love, so it becomes clear what Adie Lou must do: rebuild her life and restore her cottage shingle by shingle, on her terms. But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn’t quite the efficient home-reno experience she’s seen on TV. Pushback from Saugatuck’s contentious preservation society, costly surprises and demanding guests were not part of the plan. But as the cottage comes back to life, Adie Lou does, too, finding support in unexpected places and a new love story on the horizon. One cottage rule at a time, Adie Lou reclaims her own strength, history and joy by rediscovering the magic in every sunset and sandcastle. Don't miss bestselling author Viola Shipman's enchanting new novel, FAMOUS IN A SMALL TOWN—a magical story about the family you’re born with, and the one you choose! Other books by Viola Shipman: The Secret of Snow A Wish for Winter The Edge of Summer The Heirloom Garden The Clover Girls
Author: Tiffany Lewis Publisher: ISBN: 9781611863826 Category : Sex role Languages : en Pages : 320
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"While many scholars have studied why and how the Western states enfranchised women before the Eastern ones, this book instead examines the influence of the West on the US national suffrage movement"--
Author: Webb Garrison Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM ISBN: 1418530549 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 336
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The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared for wounded soldiers. Women were effective spies. And it is estimated that 300 women fought on the battlefields, usually disguised as men. The most fascinating Civil War women include: Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who led hundreds of fellow slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad Four hundred women who were seized in Roswell, Georgia, deported to Indiana, and vanished without a trace Belle Boyd, the "Siren of the Shenandoah," who at the age of seventeen killed a Union soldier "Crazy" Elizabeth Van Lew, who deliberately fostered the impression that she was eccentric so that she could be an effective spy for the North "The poor fellow sprang from my hands and fell back quivering in the agonies of death. A bullet had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through my sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder." ?Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross "We were all amused and disgusted at the sight of a thing that nothing but the debased and depraved Yankee nation could produce. [A woman] was dressed in the full uniform of a Federal surgeon. She was not good looking, and of course had tongue enough for a regiment of men." ?Captain Benedict J. Semmes, describing Mary Walker, M.D.
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