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The sixties

Todd Gitlin

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You have seen their faces

Margaret Bourke-White, Erskine Caldwell

975.04
CAL

Gidgets and women warriors

Catherine Gourley

This book describes how women challenged the media images of the 1950s and pursued the Woman Warrior persona of the Cold War

305.4
Gou

Gibson girls and suffragists

Catherine Gourley

This book examines the popular culture that defined women during the First World War as some sought femininity and fashion and others fought for social justice including the right to vote, safer work

305.4
Gou

The doughboys over there

Susan Provost Beller

This book describes military life for U.S.

940.4
Bel

Flappers and the new American woman

Catherine Gourley

This book examines the popular culture that defined women in the early decades of the twentieth century defying the gentile image of femininity as they were becoming consumers and voters and working o

305.4
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Rosie and Mrs. America

Catherine Gourley

This book examines the popular culture that defined women during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War as they were learning how to "make do" with less and acquiring jobs never be

305.4
Gou

Running Out of Time

Margaret Peterson Haddix

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escap

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The World Factbook, 2001

Contains unclassified data from the Central Intelligence Agency that provides information about various aspects of the world's countries, covering area, climate, international disputes, natural resour

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What Life Was Like in the Age of Chivalry

Discusses life during the age of chivalry in medieval Europe, with an overview and timeline of the years between 410 and 1456, and looks at religion, life in a monastery, being a knight, the crusades,

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