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(Encyclopedia) country music, American popular music form originating in the Southern and Western United States. Country music is directly descended from the folk songs, ballads, and popular songs of…Hewlett, William Redington
(Encyclopedia) Hewlett, William RedingtonHewlett, William Redingtonhy&oomacr;ˈlĭt [key], 1913–2001, American engineer and business executive, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., grad. Stanford (B.S. 1934,…Kazin, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Kazin, AlfredKazin, Alfredkāˈzĭn [key], 1915–98, American critic, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York (B.S., 1935) and Columbia (M.A., 1938). Kazin was one of the…Aesop's Fables: The Wolf, the Mother, and Her Child
by Aesop The Rich Man and the TannerThe Old Woman and the Wine-JarThe Wolf, the Mother, and Her Child A hungry Wolf was prowling about in search of food. By and by, attracted by the cries…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: A Mother's Lament
by Robert Burns Song.-O, Were I On Parnassus HillThe Fall Of The LeafA Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son. Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, And pierc'd my darling's…Irish Movies: Some Mother's Son (1996)
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen Some Mother's Son (1996) In 1981 Northern Ireland, a mother faces the heart-…Anna Hempstead Branch: Songs for my Mother
Songs for my MotherAnna Hempstead BranchHer HandsMy mother's hands are cool and fair, They can do anything. Delicate mercies hide them there Like flowers in the spring.When I was small and…Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Coal Miners
by MaryHarris This, my friends, marks, in my estimation, the most remarkable move ever made in the State of West Virginia. It is a day that will mark history in the long ages to come.…Notable Speeches and Addresses by U.S. Women, 1849–present
Susan B. Anthony On Women's Right to Vote Monroe County, N.Y., 1873 Mary McLeod Bethune What Does American Democracy Mean to Me? New York, N.Y., Nov. 23, 1939 Barbara Bush Commencement…Women in American Religion
Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have always been central to American religious life. Unofficially, women have often been…