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Neither Heroine Nor Fool : Anna Ella Carroll Of Maryland, Janet L. Coryell
Neither Heroine Nor Fool : Anna Ella Carroll Of Maryland, Janet L. Coryell
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Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1815, Anna Ella Carroll was the eldest daughter of Maryland Governor Thomas King Carroll. By the early 1850s, she had become a political pamphleteer for the Know-Nothing Party, a nativist and anti-Catholic organization. She wrote a number of books and election pamphlets supporting the presidential candidacy of Millard Fillmore in 1856. In the election of 1860, she promoted the candidacy of John Minor Botts of Virginia, a strong Unionist.;When Civil War began, Carroll worked to support Lincoln's action, and wrote several pamphlets on his behalf. She argues, as did Lincoln, that the …
The Mobilization Of The Gay Liberation Movement, Ramom De Souza Torrecilha
The Mobilization Of The Gay Liberation Movement, Ramom De Souza Torrecilha
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis examines the development and evolution of the gay movement. It raises the questions as to why the gay movement was not organized prior to the 1960's. The study starts in the 1940's and ends in 1970. It employs qualitative research methods for the collection and analysis of primary and secondary data sources. Blumer's description of general and specific social movements and Resource Mobilization Theory were used as theoretical frames of reference. The former explained the developmental stages in the career of the movement and the latter focused on the behavior of movement organizations.
Captured.Never Came Back: Social Networks Among Female New England Captives, 1689--1763, Barbara Austen
Captured.Never Came Back: Social Networks Among Female New England Captives, 1689--1763, Barbara Austen
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