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Revolutionary Men
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With Paper Promises in Their Pockets
"It is the objective of this study to examine the lives of Revolutionary soldiers in the New Republic by focusing on veterans' efforts to petition the government for military pensions, and by evaluating the pensioning process itself. An analysis of individual veterans post war experiences culled from their pension records and memoirs as well as statistical analysis of veterans as a group indicated the long term economic effects of the war on their lives. In addition these data reveal the degree of success they achieved after the war in terms of their own individual economic and social status. This study has also unearthed not only how the first pensions were established and subsequently amended but what value the government and the community placed on the soldier's service"--Introduction
Great Lives from History
A five volume set of biographical sketches, arranged alphabetically, of American women, presenting their contributions and impact on United States history.
Our Beloved Friend
Born into one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia and raised and educated in that vital center of eighteenth-century American Quakerism, Anne Emlen Mifflin was a progressive force in early America. This detailed and engaging biography, which features Mifflin’s collected writings and selected correspondence, revives her legacy. Anne grew up directly across the street from the Pennsylvania statehouse, where the Continental Congress was leading the War of Independence. A Quaker minister whose busy pen, agile mind, and untiring moral energy produced an extensive corpus of writings, Anne was an ardent abolitionist and social reformer decades before the establishment of women’s anti-slavery societies. And at a time when most Americans never ventured beyond their own village, hamlet, or farm, Anne journeyed thousands of miles. She traveled to settlements of Friends on the frontier and met with Native Americans in the rough country of northwestern Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada. Our Beloved Friend provides a unique window onto the lives of Quakers during the pre-Revolutionary era, the establishment of the New Republic, and the War of 1812.
America, History and Life
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements
2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title From Eleanor Roosevelt to feminist icon Gloria Steinem to HIV/AIDS activist Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these remarkable women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what leadership strategies did they use to deal with various challenges? Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements explores these questions by introducing twelve women who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements that span the 1940s to the present, working for indigenous peoples’ rights, gender equality, reproductive rights, labor advocacy, environmental justice, and other causes. The wom...
