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Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Humaniora Norvegica
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Crusader for Sex Education
Elise Ottesen-Jensen broke with her conservative family and became an influential social reformer in 1923. This book chronicles her leap to prominence. Beginning as a family planning field worker in Sweden, she quickly gained respect from the medical community for keeping abreast with sexological research and safe, reliable contraceptive practice. By the 1940s, her grass-roots organization helped to introduce sex education instruction in the public schools and fought for liberal abortion and homosexuality legislation. After World War II, Ottesen-Jensen promoted the spread of family planning internationally, most notably by working with Margaret Sanger, Lady Rama Rau, and others to found and build the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The importance of bringing truthful sex education messages to youth was her most persistent theme.
Valiant Judges, Iniquitous Law
This book is about heroes of law. It provides examples of when judges have exercised courage, moderation, wisdom, and justice rather than blindly following the law. It also discusses the contentious issue of whether a judge has a moral responsibility to defend the rule of law, regardless of what the law actually states. The work presents a collection of thirteen stories about judges who in different settings have stood up against the authorities and public opinion in the defence of the rule of law. An introductory chapter sets the scene with two examples of situations gone wrong when those applying the law have just followed the demands of those in power. The thirteen stories are followed by...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Ætt og heim
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Espelands in America
Kristen Kristenson Espeland was born in 1792 in Norway. He married Guri Hallvardsdtr. (1803-1825) in 1823. They had three children. He married Malli Abrahmasdtr. Tjesseim in 1826. They had six children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Norway, Iowa and South Dakota.
