Colman, Penny

Details the friendship between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and examines how they fought against beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women.

An overview of American women's lives and works during the World War II.

Traces the history of growing up female in America as told by the girls themselves in journals, household manuals, letters, slave narratives, and other primary sources.

Details the friendship between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and examines how they fought against beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women.

A history of labor from colonial times to the present.

Traces the history of growing up female in America as told by the girls themselves in journals, household manuals, letters, slave narratives, and other primary sources.

Documents the burial process throughout the centuries and in different cultures.

A biography of the woman who fought for the rights of miners, railroad workers, and mill and factory workers illustrated with photographs and drawings. She was most famous for leading a twenty-day protest march walking 125 miles to see the president of the United States to protest against child labor.

A history of bathroom facilities from Sumerian and Roman times to the present.

Examines the history of Thanksgiving focusing on competing claims of the first Thanksgiving and the role of Sara Josepha Hale in establishing the national holiday. Presents a picture of the holiday drawing on personal accounts, poems, songs, periodicals, and interviews.