Author: Patricia Rusch Hyatt
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 9780876147894
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Alice Ramsey, determined to be the first woman to drive across the United States, ventured out with her sixteen-year-old friend, Minna Jahns, and two other traveling companions for the journey of a lifetime.The year was 1909. Automobiles were brand new. There were few road maps and in some places no roads at all. But in New York City, Alice was climbing into a bright green Maxwell touring car, destined to be the first woman to drive across America. Author Patricia Rusch Hyatt has recreated the events of that historical summer in the form of a journal that Minna might have kept. Minna's thoughts are imagined but her adventures, from a murder investigation in Nebraska to an itchy encounter with bedbugs in Wyoming, really happened. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs from the actual journey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Coast to Coast with Alice
Author: Patricia Rusch Hyatt
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 9780876147894
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Alice Ramsey, determined to be the first woman to drive across the United States, ventured out with her sixteen-year-old friend, Minna Jahns, and two other traveling companions for the journey of a lifetime.The year was 1909. Automobiles were brand new. There were few road maps and in some places no roads at all. But in New York City, Alice was climbing into a bright green Maxwell touring car, destined to be the first woman to drive across America. Author Patricia Rusch Hyatt has recreated the events of that historical summer in the form of a journal that Minna might have kept. Minna's thoughts are imagined but her adventures, from a murder investigation in Nebraska to an itchy encounter with bedbugs in Wyoming, really happened. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs from the actual journey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 9780876147894
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Alice Ramsey, determined to be the first woman to drive across the United States, ventured out with her sixteen-year-old friend, Minna Jahns, and two other traveling companions for the journey of a lifetime.The year was 1909. Automobiles were brand new. There were few road maps and in some places no roads at all. But in New York City, Alice was climbing into a bright green Maxwell touring car, destined to be the first woman to drive across America. Author Patricia Rusch Hyatt has recreated the events of that historical summer in the form of a journal that Minna might have kept. Minna's thoughts are imagined but her adventures, from a murder investigation in Nebraska to an itchy encounter with bedbugs in Wyoming, really happened. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs from the actual journey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Alice
Author: Ivy Anderson
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
ISBN: 1597143766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today’s world. In 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin published a serialized, ghostwritten memoir of a prostitute who went by Alice Smith. “A Voice from the Underworld” detailed Alice's humble Midwestern upbringing and her struggle to find aboveboard work, and candidly related the harrowing events she endured after entering “the life.” While prostitute narratives had been published before, never had they been as frank in their discussion of the underworld, including topics such as abortion, police corruption, and the unwritten laws of the brothel. Throughout the series, Alice strongly criticized the society that failed her and so many other women, but, just as acutely, she longed to be welcomed back from the margins. The response to Alice's story was unprecedented: four thousand letters poured into the Bulletin, many of which were written by other prostitutes ready to share their own stories; and it inspired what may have been the first sex worker rights protest in modern history. An introduction contextualizes “A Voice from the Underworld” amid Progressive Era sensationalistic journalism and shifting ideas of gender roles, and reveals themes in Alice's story that extend to issues facing sex workers today. Winner of the California Historical Society Book Award “Essential reading for anyone interested in the rich history of sexual commerce in the United States.”—Gretchen Soderlund, author of Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, 1885-1917 “Not only for Bay Area history buffs, Alice will enlighten all readers to early shifts in gender roles and societal correlations today.”—Cassie Duggan, Literary Hub
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
ISBN: 1597143766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today’s world. In 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin published a serialized, ghostwritten memoir of a prostitute who went by Alice Smith. “A Voice from the Underworld” detailed Alice's humble Midwestern upbringing and her struggle to find aboveboard work, and candidly related the harrowing events she endured after entering “the life.” While prostitute narratives had been published before, never had they been as frank in their discussion of the underworld, including topics such as abortion, police corruption, and the unwritten laws of the brothel. Throughout the series, Alice strongly criticized the society that failed her and so many other women, but, just as acutely, she longed to be welcomed back from the margins. The response to Alice's story was unprecedented: four thousand letters poured into the Bulletin, many of which were written by other prostitutes ready to share their own stories; and it inspired what may have been the first sex worker rights protest in modern history. An introduction contextualizes “A Voice from the Underworld” amid Progressive Era sensationalistic journalism and shifting ideas of gender roles, and reveals themes in Alice's story that extend to issues facing sex workers today. Winner of the California Historical Society Book Award “Essential reading for anyone interested in the rich history of sexual commerce in the United States.”—Gretchen Soderlund, author of Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, 1885-1917 “Not only for Bay Area history buffs, Alice will enlighten all readers to early shifts in gender roles and societal correlations today.”—Cassie Duggan, Literary Hub
Pacific Coast Highway
Author: Alice Starmore
Publisher: Unicorn Books & Crafts
ISBN: 9780962558672
Category : Knitting
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher: Unicorn Books & Crafts
ISBN: 9780962558672
Category : Knitting
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Alice Mumford
Author: Alice Mumford
Publisher: Sansom & Company, a Publishing
ISBN: 9781908326676
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Publisher: Sansom & Company, a Publishing
ISBN: 9781908326676
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Alice's Drive
Author: Alice Ramsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Quiet Moments and a Cup of Tea
Author:
Publisher: Multnomah Gift Books
ISBN: 9781588600080
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Alice Gray takes you on a quiet journey of faith, hope, and love through stories lavishly illustrated by Susan Mink Colclough. This book will be as cherished as the moments of serenity it offers.
Publisher: Multnomah Gift Books
ISBN: 9781588600080
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Alice Gray takes you on a quiet journey of faith, hope, and love through stories lavishly illustrated by Susan Mink Colclough. This book will be as cherished as the moments of serenity it offers.
Life Along the Inner Coast
Author: Robert L. Lippson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807833032
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents detailed descriptions of the ecologies and different plants and animals that exist on the Inner Coast, which extends from southeast Virginia to Key West, Florida.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807833032
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents detailed descriptions of the ecologies and different plants and animals that exist on the Inner Coast, which extends from southeast Virginia to Key West, Florida.
Western Practice
Author: Stephen Motika
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882295913
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
This debut collection radiates post-WWII California art scene cool as Motika obsesses artfully on the likes of Diebenkorn and Partch.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882295913
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
This debut collection radiates post-WWII California art scene cool as Motika obsesses artfully on the likes of Diebenkorn and Partch.
Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781442007253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Don Brown introduces us to yet another little-known heroine. On June 9, 1909, twenty-two-year-old Alice Ramsey hitched up her skirts and climbed behind the wheel of a Maxwell touring car. Fifty-nine days later she rolled into San Francisco, becoming the first woman to drive across America. What happened in between is quite a tale! Through words and pictures, the author shares this story of a brave and tenacious young woman who followed her vision to conquer the open road - even when the road was nothing more than a wagon trail. Alice Ramsey's adventure offers a unique perspective on turn-of-the-century America and pays tribute to the pioneering spirit that helped create it.
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781442007253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Don Brown introduces us to yet another little-known heroine. On June 9, 1909, twenty-two-year-old Alice Ramsey hitched up her skirts and climbed behind the wheel of a Maxwell touring car. Fifty-nine days later she rolled into San Francisco, becoming the first woman to drive across America. What happened in between is quite a tale! Through words and pictures, the author shares this story of a brave and tenacious young woman who followed her vision to conquer the open road - even when the road was nothing more than a wagon trail. Alice Ramsey's adventure offers a unique perspective on turn-of-the-century America and pays tribute to the pioneering spirit that helped create it.
Climatological Data for the United States by Sections
Author: United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
A collection of the monthly climatological reports of the states, originally issued separately for each state or section. Similar data was combined in the Monthly weather review for July 1909 to Dec. 1913, also pub. separately during that time for each of the 12 districts. Previous to July 1909 monthly reports were issued for each state or section.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
A collection of the monthly climatological reports of the states, originally issued separately for each state or section. Similar data was combined in the Monthly weather review for July 1909 to Dec. 1913, also pub. separately during that time for each of the 12 districts. Previous to July 1909 monthly reports were issued for each state or section.