American Womens History
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Irrepressible
- The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
- Auteur(s): Emily Bingham
- Narrateur(s): Christina Delaine
- Durée: 10 h et 58 min
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Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta Bingham was offered the helm of a publishing empire. Instead she ripped through the Jazz Age like an F. Scott Fitzgerald character. In New York, Louisville, and London, she drove both men and women wild with desire, and her youth blazed with sex. But her love affairs with women made her the subject of derision, and she suffered from years of addiction and breakdowns.
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Irrepressible
- The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
- Narrateur(s): Christina Delaine
- Durée: 10 h et 58 min
- Date de publication: 2015-11-17
- Langue: Anglais
- Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta Bingham was offered the helm of a publishing empire....
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Revolutionary Backlash
- Women and Politics in the Early American Republic
- Auteur(s): Rosmarie Zagarri
- Narrateur(s): Kirsten Potter
- Durée: 9 h et 14 min
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The Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first women's rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash argues otherwise. Integrating the approaches of women's historians and political historians, this book explores changes in women's status that occurred from the time of the American Revolution until the election of Andrew Jackson.
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Revolutionary Backlash
- Women and Politics in the Early American Republic
- Narrateur(s): Kirsten Potter
- Durée: 9 h et 14 min
- Date de publication: 2021-06-22
- Langue: Anglais
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The Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first women's rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash argues otherwise....
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American Breakdown
- Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Lunden
- Narrateur(s): Anna Caputo
- Durée: 12 h et 46 min
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A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author’s quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James—ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America.
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American Breakdown
- Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life
- Narrateur(s): Anna Caputo
- Durée: 12 h et 46 min
- Date de publication: 2023-05-09
- Langue: Anglais
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This wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author’s quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James—ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America....
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Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark
- Her Own Story Now First Given to the World
- Auteur(s): James Willard Schultz
- Narrateur(s): Clay Lomakayu
- Durée: 4 h et 55 min
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Schultz weaves together the key events in Sacajawea’s story, from her traumatic childhood and adolescence, being captured and taken away from her home by a raiding party of Minnetaree to her unhappy marriage to the interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau, through to her life assisting in Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Pacific Northwest.
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Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark
- Her Own Story Now First Given to the World
- Narrateur(s): Clay Lomakayu
- Durée: 4 h et 55 min
- Date de publication: 2023-03-16
- Langue: Anglais
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Schultz weaves together the key events in Sacajawea’s story....
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Ladies of the Canyons
- A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
- Auteur(s): Lesley Poling-Kempes
- Narrateur(s): Jo Anna Perrin
- Durée: 11 h et 6 min
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Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world....
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Ladies of the Canyons
- A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
- Narrateur(s): Jo Anna Perrin
- Durée: 11 h et 6 min
- Date de publication: 2018-02-20
- Langue: Anglais
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Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world....
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Liner Notes for the Revolution
- The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
- Auteur(s): Daphne A. Brooks
- Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
- Durée: 20 h et 26 min
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Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyonce exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry? Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on these acclaimed figures—a perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women concerned with the work of their musical peers.
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Liner Notes for the Revolution
- The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
- Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
- Durée: 20 h et 26 min
- Date de publication: 2022-05-24
- Langue: Anglais
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Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a new perspective on acclaimed figures such as Aretha Franklin and Beyonce, who exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry—a perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women....
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
- A Radical Democratic Vision
- Auteur(s): Barbara Ransby
- Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Durée: 21 h et 21 min
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One of the most important African-American leaders of the 20th century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned 50 years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the Black freedom struggle.
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
- A Radical Democratic Vision
- Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Durée: 21 h et 21 min
- Date de publication: 2021-03-30
- Langue: Anglais
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In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles civil rights activist Ella Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher....
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Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive
- Early American Studies
- Auteur(s): Marisa J. Fuentes
- Narrateur(s): Carrie Burgess
- Durée: 7 h et 15 min
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In the 18th century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women whose stories appear only briefly in historical records. Combining fragmentary sources with interdisciplinary methodologies that include black feminist theory and critical studies of history and slavery, Dispossessed Lives demonstrates how the construction of the archive marked enslaved women's bodies, in life and in death.
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Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive
- Early American Studies
- Narrateur(s): Carrie Burgess
- Durée: 7 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2018-11-15
- Langue: Anglais
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In the 18th century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women whose stories appear only briefly in historical records....
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Burning the Breeze
- Three Generations of Women in the American West
- Auteur(s): Lisa Hendrickson
- Narrateur(s): Carrington MacDuffie
- Durée: 9 h et 13 min
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In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana. Julia, a big-game hunter whom friends described as “a clever shot with both rifle and shotgun,” flouted gender conventions to build guest ranches in Montana and Arizona that attracted world-renowned entertainers and artists.
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Burning the Breeze
- Three Generations of Women in the American West
- Narrateur(s): Carrington MacDuffie
- Durée: 9 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2022-09-01
- Langue: Anglais
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In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana....
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Bitter Crop
- The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year
- Auteur(s): Paul Alexander
- Narrateur(s): Maya Days
- Durée: 11 h et 59 min
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In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander—author of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salinger—gives us an unconventional portrait of arguably America’s most eminent jazz singer. He shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life—with relevant flashbacks to provide context—to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of Holiday’s artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law.
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Bitter Crop
- The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year
- Narrateur(s): Maya Days
- Durée: 11 h et 59 min
- Date de publication: 2024-02-13
- Langue: Anglais
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In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander—author of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salinger—gives us an unconventional portrait of arguably America’s most eminent jazz singer....
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King Peggy
- An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
- Auteur(s): Eleanor Herman, Peggielene Bartels
- Narrateur(s): J. Karen Thomas
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
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King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, and no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins.
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King Peggy
- An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
- Narrateur(s): J. Karen Thomas
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2012-02-21
- Langue: Anglais
- King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away....
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- Auteur(s): Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrateur(s): Bahni Turpin
- Durée: 4 h et 11 min
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This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly’s acclaimed book is perfect for young students. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
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Read the regular version. This one is interesting
- Écrit par Michelle Leming le 2018-10-09
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- Narrateur(s): Bahni Turpin
- Durée: 4 h et 11 min
- Date de publication: 2016-11-29
- Langue: Anglais
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Reflections by Rosa Parks
- The Quiet Strength and Faith of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
- Auteur(s): Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed - featuring
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 1 h et 20 min
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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was not trying to start a movement. She was simply tired of the social injustice. Yet her simple act of courage started a chain of events that forever shaped the landscape of American race relations. Now, decades after her quiet defiance inspired the modern civil rights movement, Mrs. Parks' own words tell of her courageous life, her passion for freedom and equality, and her strong faith.
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Reflections by Rosa Parks
- The Quiet Strength and Faith of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 1 h et 20 min
- Date de publication: 2018-01-09
- Langue: Anglais
- Rosa Parks forever changed the landscape of American race relations with one simple act of courage....
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3
- The War Years and After, 1939-1962
- Auteur(s): Blanche Wiesen Cook
- Narrateur(s): Eliza Foss
- Durée: 26 h et 25 min
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The third and final volume takes us through World War II, FDR's death, the founding of the UN, and Eleanor Roosevelt's death in 1962. It follows the arc of war and the evolution of a marriage as the first lady realized the cost of maintaining her principles even as the country and her husband were not prepared to adopt them. Eleanor Roosevelt continued to struggle for her core issues - economic security, New Deal reforms, racial equality, and rescue - when they were sidelined by FDR while he marshaled the country through war.
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ER in Her Time
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2019-07-19
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3
- The War Years and After, 1939-1962
- Narrateur(s): Eliza Foss
- Série: Eleanor Roosevelt, Livre 3
- Durée: 26 h et 25 min
- Date de publication: 2016-11-01
- Langue: Anglais
- This is a sympathetic but unblinking portrait of a marriage and of a woman whose passion and commitment has inspired generations of Americans to seek a decent future....
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The Tao of Raven
- An Alaska Native Memoir
- Auteur(s): Ernestine Hayes
- Narrateur(s): Erin Tripp
- Durée: 5 h et 27 min
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Using the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu’s equally timeless Art of War) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her 50s and becoming a professor and a writer.
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The Tao of Raven
- An Alaska Native Memoir
- Narrateur(s): Erin Tripp
- Durée: 5 h et 27 min
- Date de publication: 2024-06-18
- Langue: Anglais
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In her first book, Blonde Indian, Ernestine Hayes powerfully recounted the story of returning to Juneau and to her Tlingit home after many years of wandering. The Tao of Raven takes up the next and, in some ways, less explored question: Once the exile returns, then what?
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Truth Be Told
- Three Classic Black Women’s Narratives
- Auteur(s): Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Durée: 15 h et 3 min
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Truth Be Told comprises three powerful narratives written by formerly enslaved women who lived long past emancipation. Each narrative offers a window into time and moves the listener along chronologically from the early years of a new nation, through the Civil War, and up through the perilous years of Reconstruction. Award-winning author and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar provides an accessible and engaging introduction and afterword for each narrative, tying these figures’ lives to the arc of Black history.
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Truth Be Told
- Three Classic Black Women’s Narratives
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Durée: 15 h et 3 min
- Date de publication: 2021-03-30
- Langue: Anglais
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Truth Be Told comprises three powerful narratives written by formerly enslaved women who lived long past emancipation. Each narrative offers a window into time and moves the listener along chronologically from the early years of a new nation, through the Civil War....
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Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Auteur(s): Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
- Narrateur(s): DeLanna Studi
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
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The first known autobiography by a Native American woman, Life Among the Paiutes is an eye-opening hybrid of history and memoir by a pioneering activist who witnessed firsthand the impact of the US’s westward expansion.
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Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrateur(s): DeLanna Studi
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
- Date de publication: 2022-04-19
- Langue: Anglais
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The first known autobiography by a Native American woman, Life Among the Paiutes is an eye-opening hybrid of history and memoir by a pioneering activist who witnessed firsthand the impact of the US’s westward expansion....
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Black Women Taught Us
- An Intimate History of Black Feminism
- Auteur(s): Jenn M. Jackson
- Narrateur(s): Jenn M. Jackson
- Durée: 9 h et 55 min
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Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women’s freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost because of our refusal to engage with our forestrugglers’ lessons? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions Black women’s intellectual and political work at the center of today’s liberation movements.
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Black Women Taught Us
- An Intimate History of Black Feminism
- Narrateur(s): Jenn M. Jackson
- Durée: 9 h et 55 min
- Date de publication: 2024-01-23
- Langue: Anglais
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Jenn M. Jackson, PhD, has been known to bring historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work....
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The White Devil's Daughters
- The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
- Auteur(s): Julia Flynn Siler
- Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
- Durée: 10 h et 26 min
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During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration - from 1848 to 1943 - San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, best-selling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history - and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped.
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The White Devil's Daughters
- The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
- Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
- Durée: 10 h et 26 min
- Date de publication: 2019-05-14
- Langue: Anglais
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During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration - from 1848 to 1943 - San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants....
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- Auteur(s): Warren St. John
- Narrateur(s): Lincoln Hoppe
- Durée: 13 h et 1 min
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Set against the backdrop of an American town that without its consent had become a vast social experiment, Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach. Warren St. John documents the lives of a diverse group of young people as they miraculously coalesce into a band of brothers, while also drawing a fascinating portrait of a fading American town struggling to accommodate its new arrivals.
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- Narrateur(s): Lincoln Hoppe
- Durée: 13 h et 1 min
- Date de publication: 2009-04-21
- Langue: Anglais
- This is a complex and inspiring tale of a small town becoming a global community and an account of the ingenious and complicated ways we create a home in a changing world....
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