Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (August 1, 1837 – November 30, 1930), born in Cork, Ireland, was a prominent American labor and community organizer.
She helped co-ordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World.
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2014-08-01
Posted in Profiles & Bios
Pullitzer Prize winner Laurel Ulrich is a historian of early America and the history of women, a university professor at Harvard University.
She is author of the quote: "Well-behaved women rarely make history."
Ulrich's innovative and widely influential approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people."
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2014-07-11
Posted in Profiles & Bios
July 1st is my country’s birthday. Over the past 20 years, I’ve become a citizen of the world. Nevertheless, I love Canada, and I missed it during my 18 years as an expatriate.
(Needless to say I didn't miss using tax software and paying Canadian taxes from which being an expat freed me!)
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2014-06-30
Posted in Amazing Susan's Blog
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography.
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2014-05-27
Posted in Profiles & Bios