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In the new edition to be released this month, GREAT LOVE author Michelle Peterson Hinck, gives us an update on the life and work of Mary Jo Copeland. This inlcudes a chapter on Mary Jo's trip to Washington, D.C. to receive the Presidential Citizen's Medal from President Obama. They story also delves into the lives of many of those people who have been lifted up, and set back on their feet to lead fulfilling lives under the guidance found at the transitional shelter affectionately referred to as, "Mary's Place." Mary Jo Copeland is often referred to as "America's Mother Teresa." She is undoubtedly a guardian angel to the 20,000 homeless and working poor who cross her threshold at Caring & Sharing Hands each month. GREAT LOVE tells Mary Jo Copeland's story from her difficult childhood, to raising her own family of 12, to her great love for forgotten children, lonely addicts, the abused and homeless. Proceeds from the book will go directly to helping the poor and needy.
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A major work by a brilliant young biographer, Muckraker details the tenacity and verve of one of Victorian Britain's most compelling characters. Credited with pioneering investigative reporting, W. T. Stead made a career of ?muckraking': revealing horrific practices in the hope of shocking authorities into reform. As the editor of the Northern Echo, he won the admiration of the Liberal statesman William Gladstone for his fierce denunciation of the Conservative government; at the helm of London's most ininfuential evening paper, the Pall Mall Gazette, he launched the career-defining Maiden
Social problems. --- Social reformers -- United States. --- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century. --- Journalists --- Investigative reporting --- History --- Stead, W. T.
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One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, preached, and debated at camp meetings across the country, led by her devotion to the antislavery movement and her ardent pursuit of women's rights. Born into slavery in 1797, Truth fled from bondage some 30 years later to become a powerful figure in the progressive movements reshaping American society.This remarkable narrative, first published in 1850, offers a rare glimpse into the little-documented world of Northern slavery. Truth recounts her life as a slave in rural New York, her separation
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Geddes, Patrick --- Mumford, Lewis, - 1895- - Correspondence. --- Geddes, Patrick, - Sir, - 1854-1932 - Correspondence. --- City planners - United States - Correspondence. --- City planners - Great Britain - Correspondence. --- Architects - United States - Correspondence. --- Sociologists - Great Britain - Correspondence. --- Social reformers - United States - Correspondence.
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This inspired selection conveys the full zest and penetrating insights of Veblen's writings. It includes Veblen's thoughts on topics such as: sabotage; patriotism; and the credit culture.
sociologie --- Sociology of culture --- Veblen, Thorstein B. --- Economics - United States - History. --- Social reformers - United States. --- Sociology - United States - History. --- United States - Social conditions. --- Veblen, Thorstein. --- Sociology --- Economics --- Social reformers --- Economic Theory --- Business & Economics --- History --- #SBIB:316.7C120 --- Cultuursociologie: algemene en theoretische werken --- Veblen, Thorstein --- History. --- Veblen, Thorstein, --- United States --- Social conditions. --- Veblen, T. --- Veblen, Torsteĭn,
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Historians --- Social reformers --- Zinn, Howard, --- United States --- History --- Philosophy. --- Sources. --- History. --- Historians - United States - Interviews. --- Social reformers - United States - Interviews. --- Zinn, Howard, - 1922-2010 - Interviews. --- Zinn, Howard, - 1922-2010. - People's history of the United States. --- United States - History - Philosophy. --- United States - History - Sources. --- Zinn, Howard, - 1922-2010
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