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Book Ronnie Gilbert on Mother Jones

Download or read book Ronnie Gilbert on Mother Jones written by Ronnie Gilbert and published by Millefleurs. This book was released on 1993 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ronnie Gilbert

Download or read book Ronnie Gilbert written by Ronnie Gilbert and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ronnie Gilbert has had a long and colorful career as a singer, actor, activist, therapist, and independent woman of her times. She is best known for her time with the Weavers in the 1940s and '50s, but she went on to collaborate with many other musicians--notably Holly Near and Arlo Guthrie--as well as to write and appear on stage in numerous productions, including her own play, Mother Jones. Ronnie Gilbert traverses sixty years of the twentieth century, sharing her take on the folk-music revival, the Cold War blacklist, the 1960s music scene, and primal therapy. Ronnie Gilbert is a unique historical document for readers interested in music, American politics, and the history of the women's movement and the Left."--Provided by publisher.

Book Ronnie Gilbert

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ronnie Gilbert
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2015-10-02
  • ISBN : 0520962443
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book Ronnie Gilbert written by Ronnie Gilbert and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronnie Gilbert had a long and colorful career as a singer, actor, playwright, therapist, and independent woman. Her lifelong work for political and social change was central to her role as a performer. Raised in Depression-era New York City by leftist, working-class, secular Jewish parents, Gilbert is best known as a member of the Weavers, the quartet of the 1950s and '60s that survived the blacklist and helped popularize folk music in America. Her joyous contralto and vibrant stage presence enriched the celebrated group and propelled Gilbert into a second singing career with Holly Near in the 1980s and '90s. As an actor, Gilbert explored developmental theater with Joseph Chaikin and Peter Brook and wrote and performed in ensemble and solo productions across the United States and Canada. Ronnie Gilbert brings the political, artistic, and social issues of the era alive through song lyrics and personal stories, traversing sixty years of collaborations in life and art that span the folk revival, the Cold War blacklist, primal therapy, the back-to-the-land movement, and a rich, multigenerational family story. Much more than a memoir, Ronnie Gilbert is a unique and engaging historical document for readers interested in music, theater, American politics, the women’s movement, and left-wing activism.

Book Mother Jones

Download or read book Mother Jones written by Dorothy L. Wake and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-12-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform defines Mother Jones as the most significant and relevant political voice for the working class to ever emerge from within the United States. Although Mary Harris "Mother" Jones identified herself as a socialist, her politics coincided with revolutionary syndicalism. The duality of Socialism and Syndicalism defined her role as a leader of labor and social reform during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and structured her beliefs and attitudes about women, which paralleled her general perceptions of class warfare. Jones has been dismissed as being simply a "hell-raiser" or reduced to a "folksy" or "colorful" old woman who endeared herself to the miners by taking up their cause. Most who wrote about her diminished or eliminated her historical and political significance by failing to establish that she changed the face of labor in this country forever. Some have even resorted to writing malicious and unprovable accusations about her. Others simply "did not do their homework." Mother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform sets the record straight. Ms. Wakes extensive research brings to light the impact Mother Jones had on the labor movement for nearly half a century and reveals Jones as an intellectual and a feminist voice.

Book Mother Jones

    Book Details:
  • Author : Judith Pinkerton Josephson
  • Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
  • Release : 1997-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780822549246
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book Mother Jones written by Judith Pinkerton Josephson and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.

Book Mother Jones

Download or read book Mother Jones written by Elliott J. Gorn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Biography of the] celebrated organizer and agitator, the very soul of protest movements in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.

Book Women s History For Beginners

Download or read book Women s History For Beginners written by Bonnie J. Morris and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women’s History For Beginners offers a lively, revealing, and provocative overview of this important (and controversial) academic field. Who are the great women of history, and why don’t we know more about them? You don’t need to be a scholar to notice that men’s history dominates everything we learn in school; yet a quick tour of the past reveals dynamic female role models at every turn. This is more than an introduction to women’s roles and contributions across time. It also examines the ways that women in all societies have been ruled by men, according to law and custom. Women’s History For Beginners opens with a critical investigation of why so few of us are exposed to women’s history in our years of schooling—and why educators and political groups remain leery of bringing fair, accurate women’s history content into the classroom even now. It concludes with the reminder that women, too, are divided by race and class and nationality; that there is no one-size-fits-all women’s history but many different versions, each worthy of investigation and understanding.

Book Community Practice

    Book Details:
  • Author : David A. Hardcastle
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780195141610
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book Community Practice written by David A. Hardcastle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Practice is a comprehensive resource for social workers and students eager to learn how to practice effectively in complex systems and diverse communities. In this completely revised edition of the definitive text in the field, the authors have thoroughly updated each chapter and added two entirely new chapters on community building and community organizing. New material on topics such as negotiation and mediation, community advocacy, participatory rural appraisal, the narrative approach to social change, community involvement, representative client boards, and the latest in grassroots endeavors make this text as inspiring as it is practical. Drawing upon the wealth of information available from local organizations, the Internet, newspapers, and academic journals, the authors introduce contemporary experiments and analyze classic modes of community practice and change. The content, exercises, and references offer instructors the flexibility necessary to tailor their courses to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level students. This new edition will continue to provide a comprehensive and integrated overview of the theory and skills fundamental to all areas of social work practice. Broad in scope, it offers students as well as practitioners the tools necessary to promote the welfare of individuals and communities.

Book Reader s Guide to Women s Studies

Download or read book Reader s Guide to Women s Studies written by Eleanor Amico and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-03-20 with total page 1279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Women's Studies is a searching and analytical description of the most prominent and influential works written in the now universal field of women's studies. Some 200 scholars have contributed to the project which adopts a multi-layered approach allowing for comprehensive treatment of its subject matter. Entries range from very broad themes such as "Health: General Works" to entries on specific individuals or more focused topics such as "Doctors."

Book Mothering the Movement

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  • Author : Sushawn Robb
  • Publisher : Sushawn Robb
  • Release : 2011-12-08
  • ISBN : 9781432781057
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Mothering the Movement written by Sushawn Robb and published by Sushawn Robb. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970, Womens Liberation was sweeping the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area, some womens libbers came together and formed the San Francisco Womens Centers to help nurture newly emerging organizing efforts fighting for womens rights. Ten years later, this small grassroots group took the audacious step of buying a building in San Franciscos Mission District. This book tells the story of how they got to that point and the next twenty years of growing into their new home. Included within the book is a full length play written by Mercilee M. Jenkins, She Rises Like a Building to the Sky. The play dramatizes the purchase and the first year in the building. The Womens Building continues to thrive, providing support for countless women and their organizing efforts on behalf of girls and women.

Book The Future of White Men and Other Diversity Dilemmas

Download or read book The Future of White Men and Other Diversity Dilemmas written by Joan Steinau Lester and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This refreshing handbook—equally useful in the boardroom, the classroom, and the living room—captures insightful lessons from personal encounters with diversity. Award-winning author Dr. Joan Lester is a talented storyteller. Her generous voice sheds keen insight, humor and practical advise on the polarizing dilemmas of living with diversity.

Book The Nation Guide to the Nation

Download or read book The Nation Guide to the Nation written by Richard Lingeman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential lifestyle guide for the millions of progressives on both coasts, The Nation Guide to The Nation will help left-of-center types find left-leaning shops, cultural institutions, and gathering places in their own hometowns and on the road. CULTURAL: Art collectives / activist documentaries / political circuses / film festivals / writers' colonies / left-brained bookstores / arts advocacy groups / indie book publishers / the 25 greatest political movies / detective stories for liberals SOCIAL: Organic and slow food restaurants / political saloons and bars / bookshop cafés and conversational coffeehouses / sexy singles meet-ups / reading clubs and discussion groups / camps for radical kids / parades and festivals / parks and preserves ENVIRONMENTAL: Activist groups / monkey wrenchers and sea shepherds / eco-friendly products / favorite green markets / super co-ops / eco-tourism / farm communes / energy solutions ORGANIZATIONS: Peace and anti-nuclear / feminist / GLBT / economic policy / immigrant rights / labor issues / campaign finance reform / civil liberties / radical mouthpieces / liberal think tanks MEDIA: Left-talk radio / press watchdogs / anti-corporate media / regional and local papers / alternative weeklies / a guide to the blogosphere GOODS AND SERVICES: Natural food stores / no-sweat clothing / socially conscious mutual funds / political tours / eco-beers and hemp pretzels / funeral homes and cemeteries (for a green send-off!)

Book Contemporary Authors

Download or read book Contemporary Authors written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mother Jones Magazine

Download or read book Mother Jones Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

Book Mother Jones Magazine

Download or read book Mother Jones Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

Book Mother Jones Magazine

Download or read book Mother Jones Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

Book Library Acquisitions List

Download or read book Library Acquisitions List written by Martin P. Catherwood Library and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: