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Chanson: Songs for Flute & Harp
$16.98 Chanson: Songs for Flute and Harp features original compositions of cherished, yet rarely heard songs that will lift and surround you with renewal of the spirit, solace from life's demands, and the warm comfort of a lullaby on a sleepless night. Jeannine Goeckeritz and Tamara Oswald unveil three new inspiring arrangements by Emmy Award winning composer Sam Cardon, a new instrumental arrangement ... |
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History of Columbiana County, Ohio : With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers on CD.
Mack, Horace. History of Columbiana County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1879, 372 pgs Contents History of Columbiana County, Ohio History of the townships and villages of Columbiana County History of the townships of Mahoning County, formerly belonging to Columbiana Names of citizens... |
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Pioneer History of Elkhart County, Indiana : With Sketches and Stories on CD
Bartholomew, Henry S. K. Pioneer history of Elkhart County, Indiana : with sketches and stories Goshen, Ind.: Goshen Printery, 1930, 355 pgs. Table of contents The Indians. The first white man. Organization of county. The county seat. The Sauk War. Early day postoffices and postmasters. Taverns of pioneer days. Some early settlements. Some of the pioneers. Homes of ... |
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Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants -A History of Frederick County, Virginia on CD
Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley pioneers and their descendants : a history of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from its formation in 1738 to 1908, compiled mainly from original records of old Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Federick unknown: unknown, 1909, 614 pgs.... |
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The Cattle Towns
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The theme this year is "Women Pioneering the Future." According to the National Women's History Project, this includes both "women pioneers U.S. history, who fought and won battles for equality and civil rights, created and advanced educational and professional opportunities, and made great contributions the arts, sciences, and humanistic causes, and innovative women of today that most of these efforts and further expand the frontiers of possibility for generations come. "
Here are some ways to join the celebration:
1.Order the official poster: http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/theme03.html.
2.Encourage the City Council to make a proclamation. Here is a sample ad: http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/proclamation-sample.html .
3.Order these Individual (http://www.nwhp.org/new_catalog/womens-history-month/womens-history-month2.html ) And take them to work, school cafeteria for their children, a charitable organization, your place of worship. Banners, buttons, bookmarks and balloons also available!
4.Check out power contact sites listed here of women workers, and add your own! Http://www.womenworking2000.com/power_contacts/docs/websites.html .
5.Read up in this year's honorees: Rebecca Adamson, defender of Native Americans, Rachel Carson, scientist and environmentalist, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Labor Leader, Mae C. Jemison, scientist, educator and former astronaut, Yuri Kochiyama, Civil Rights Advocate, Tania Leon, composer and director, Robin Roberts, Broadcast Journalist; Harilyn Rousso activist Disability Rights and Psychotherapist, Margaret Chase Smith, Congressional Representative and Senator, Wilma L. Vaught, Brigadier General, USAF, Rebecca Walker, organizer and writer. Go here: http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/honorees03.html .
6.Read on the museums of these great women and go for a visit near you: National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, FT. Worth, Tx.; National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Museum of Women in the West, Denver, Colorado, International Women's Air and Space Museum in Dayton, Ohio, the Army Museum U.S. Women in Fort Lee, Virginia. Go here for links to their websites: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/whmmuseum1.html .
7.See how you do on the Pioneer Woman Quiz: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/quiz/whm2/1.html> http://www.infoplease.com/spot/quiz/whm2/1. html.
Sample Question: Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman to being appointed to a presidential cabinet. That the leader will not serve under? (Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, or Calvin Coolidge?).
8.Find what these women have in common: Sara Teasdale, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Wendy Wasserstein …
You guessed it – are the winners of the Pulitzer Prize. To complete list, go here: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771154.html .
9.And what women have won the Nobel Prize? Start with Madame Curie, twice winner – in 1903 in physics, and in 1911 for chemistry. Then his daughter won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935. Go here to learn about women Nobel Prize winners from around the world: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801697.html .
Women looking 10.Notable ancestors!
It consists of biographies of women and genealogy data of notable women in history and not so famous women submitted by actual living descendants. Get on it! Http: / / www.rootsweb.com/ ~ NWA.
11.Help her daughter make her own Listmania books he has read about women: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/fil-create/104-3462612-7770322 .
12.And do some reading and book reviews together. You can start with "A Love This Life", quotes from Helen Keller: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0891283471/susandunnmome-20 and your child can read and review "a book of photographs of Helen Keller —
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823409503/susandunnmome-20
