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Penny Colman
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in New Jersey, The United States
September 02, 1944
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Last night, it was a bit of a drive, but well worth it to speak about The Vote: Women’s Fierce Fight at Crosswicks Public Library, established in 1817, Crosswicks, NJ. Debbie Drachman, the library director, was wonderfully 
welcoming. The audience was great. We arrived home late & I was hungry. Happily Linda remembered the big oatmeal golden raisin scone that we bought at a bakery in Harlem on Wedn
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Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
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1997
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7 editions
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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2011
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5 editions
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Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II
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published
1995
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12 editions
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Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America
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2000
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6 editions
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Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference
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2006
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5 editions
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Thanksgiving: The True Story
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2008
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5 editions
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Madame C.J. Walker: Building a Business Empire
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published
1994
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2 editions
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A Woman Unafraid: The Achievements of Frances Perkins
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published
1993
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4 editions
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Toilets, Bathtubs, Sinks, and Sewers: A History of the Bathroom
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published
1994
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3 editions
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Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II
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published
2002
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2 editions
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“In life there is nothing more than life, in death nothing more than death: we are being born and dying at every moment.”
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
“his body was cremated and the leaders of the IWW divided the cremated remains into small envelopes that had Hill’s picture on one side and his “last will” on the other. The envelopes containing instructions to scatter the remains were sent to people in South America, Europe, Asia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and every state in the United States except Utah because Joe had said that he “didn’t want to be found dead” there.”
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
“The result was a spectacular cemetery with an Egyptian gate and fence that surrounded lakes, winding paths, and lush foliage. People were ecstatic, and throngs of famous and ordinary city dwellers went there to walk, meditate, and play. “Cemeteries are all the ‘rage’; people lounge in them and use them (as their tastes are inclined) for walking, making love, weeping, sentimentalizing, and everything in short,” an Englishman wrote after he toured Mount Auburn.”
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
― Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
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