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Women's Work American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920

Women's Work American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
Joel Perlmann, Robert A. Margo, "Women's Work?: American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0226660397 | PDF | pages: 200 | 0.8 mb
American schoolteaching is one of few occupations to have undergone a thorough gender shift yet previous explanations have neglected a key feature of the transition: its regional character. By the early 1800s, far higher proportions of women were teaching in the Northeast than in the South, and this regional difference was reproduced as settlers moved West before the Civil War. What explains the creation of these divergent regional arrangements in the East, their recreation in the West, and their eventual disappearance by the next century?

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Women in Early Christianity Translations from Greek Texts

Women in Early Christianity Translations from Greek Texts
Patricia Cox Miller, "Women in Early Christianity: Translations from Greek Texts"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0813214173 | PDF | pages: 362 | 1.0 mb
From the fictional Thecla in the second century to the very real Olympias in the early fifth century, the history of women in early Christianity was as complex and rich as the religion itself. This comprehensive sourcebook brings together translations of a variety of ancient Christian texts that elucidate how women were perceived and portrayed in the Greek literature written in the second to the sixth centuries. The texts included in the volume have been generously excerpted, providing the modern reader with an in-depth view of the historical reality of early Christian women's lives as well as a nuanced perspective on the many ways in which women were understood in theological and ecclesiastical frameworks.

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Wild Coast An exploration of the places where land meets sea

Wild Coast An exploration of the places where land meets sea
Marianne Taylor, "Wild Coast: An exploration of the places where land meets sea"
English | ISBN: 1408181789 | 2015 | 208 pages | EPUB | 170 MB
This book is a celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats-those that make up our coastline. Sheer limestone crags resound with the voices of thousands of bickering seabirds; endless acres of estuarine mud are packed with squirming invertebrates that sustain thousands of wading birds. In between are the dazzling chalk outcrops of the south coast with glorious floral communities on the clifftop meadows, shingle beaches where terns and plovers hide their eggs among the stones, and dune systems bound together with marram grass and supporting a unique and fragile ecosystem. Rocky shores harbor microcosms of marine life when the retreating tide leaves rockpools exposed for our exploration, and even the rowdiest seaside towns have their own special wildlife alongside the wild nightlife. Grand-scale color photos bring the wild coast and its inhabitants to life, while the text tells you what you'll see and where, from Land's End to John O'Groats via the scenic route. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs and authoritative text, this book is a celebration of the wilder aspects of the UK's coasts.

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