Contributions

  • Arkenstone, David - Contributor
  • Ramsey, Michael - Contributor
  • Centre Communications, Inc - Contributor
  • Ambrose Video Publishing - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

15,000 words, Guess

Page Count

60 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Description

A history of women's achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories. Women begin to transform themselves, 1916-1935. This program discusses the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin; women gaining the right to vote; Edith Wharton, Margaret Mead, Georgia O'Keeffe, Amelia Earhart, and Mary McLeod Bethune. America becomes a super power, 1936-1956. This program discusses Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosie the riveter, Babe Didrikson, Margaret Chase Smith, Gwendolyn Books, Rosa Parks, and Althea Gibson.

Description

A history of women's achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories. Women speak out, 1852-1885. This program discusses the writers Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott; Susan B. Anthony and her arrest for voting; Clara Barton's founding of the Red Cross; and the women of the wild west, Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, and Belle Starr. America enters the world of nations, 1889-1912. This program discusses Jane Addams founding Hull House; Nellie Bly, Mary Cassatt, Ida B. Wells, Gertrude Pridgett (Ma Rainey), Isadora Duncan, and the founding of the Girl Scouts of America by Juliette Gordon.

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Other Editions

  • A history of women's achievement in America: Volume 2Video RecordingDistributed by Ambrose Video Publishing2006-01-01

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