"In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time."--Provided by publisher.
"In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time."--Provided by publisher.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sharon McMahon is a longtime high school government and law teacher who is now best known as America’s Government Teacher on her Instagram account, Sharon Says So. In a time when flashy headlines and false information often take the spotlight, millions of people rely on McMahon for nonpartisan, fact-based information. McMahon is the host of the award-winning podcast Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, where each week, she provides entertaining yet factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people. She is also the founder of The Preamble, a newsletter that gives you the history of and context about stories that matter. In all that she does, McMahon encourages others to be world-changing humans. She has led her community in various philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $9 million for teachers, domestic violence survivors, terminally ill children, medical debt forgiveness programs, refugees, and more.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION New York 1804 Angel of the Rockies ONE Clara Brown Kentucky 1830s TWO Bleeding Kansas 1850s THREE Clara Brown Colorado 1870s The Next Needed Thing FOUR Virginia Randolph Virginia 1890 FIVE Henrico County Virginia 1907 America the Beautiful SIX Katharine Lee Bates Cape Cod 1859 SEVEN Katharine Lee Bates England 1880s EIGHT Katharine Lee Bates Chicago 1890s Forward Out of Darkness NINE Inez Milholland New York 1910 TEN Maria de Lopez California 1911 ELEVEN Rebecca Brown Mitchell Idaho 1856 TWELVE Inez Milholland the West 1916 THIRTEEN France 1916 An Orientation of the Spirit FOURTEEN Anna Thomas Jeanes Philadelphia 1822 FIFTEEN William James Edwards Alabama 1869 SIXTEEN Julius Rosenwald Illinois 1862 SEVENTEEN Booker T. Washington Virginia 1856 Go for Broke EIGHTEEN The Inouyes Hawaii 1924 NINETEEN The Minetas California 1942 TWENTY Daniel Inouye Europe 1943 TWENTY-ONE Norman Mineta 1950s Momentum TWENTY-TWO Claudette Colvin Alabama 1950s TWENTY-THREE Septima Clark Charleston South Carolina 1898 TWENTY-FOUR America 1950s TWENTY-FIVE Teenagers in the American South 1950s TWENTY-SIX Montgomery Alabama 1955 CONCLUSION Acknowledgments Notes
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION New York 1804 Angel of the Rockies ONE Clara Brown Kentucky 1830s TWO Bleeding Kansas 1850s THREE Clara Brown Colorado 1870s The Next Needed Thing FOUR Virginia Randolph Virginia 1890 FIVE Henrico County Virginia 1907 America the Beautiful SIX Katharine Lee Bates Cape Cod 1859 SEVEN Katharine Lee Bates England 1880s EIGHT Katharine Lee Bates Chicago 1890s Forward Out of Darkness NINE Inez Milholland New York 1910 TEN Maria de Lopez California 1911 ELEVEN Rebecca Brown Mitchell Idaho 1856 TWELVE Inez Milholland the West 1916 THIRTEEN France 1916 An Orientation of the Spirit FOURTEEN Anna Thomas Jeanes Philadelphia 1822 FIFTEEN William James Edwards Alabama 1869 SIXTEEN Julius Rosenwald Illinois 1862 SEVENTEEN Booker T. Washington Virginia 1856 Go for Broke EIGHTEEN The Inouyes Hawaii 1924 NINETEEN The Minetas California 1942 TWENTY Daniel Inouye Europe 1943 TWENTY-ONE Norman Mineta 1950s Momentum TWENTY-TWO Claudette Colvin Alabama 1950s TWENTY-THREE Septima Clark Charleston South Carolina 1898 TWENTY-FOUR America 1950s TWENTY-FIVE Teenagers in the American South 1950s TWENTY-SIX Montgomery Alabama 1955 CONCLUSION Acknowledgments Notes
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