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During the first World War, a flag with a gold star identified families who had lost soldiers. Grieving women were "Gold Star" mothers and widows. Between 1930
War and Remembrance
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Authors: Thomas H. Conner
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-05 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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"No soldier could ask for a sweeter resting place than on the field of glory where he fell. The land he died to save vies with the one which gave him birth in p
In Defense of Uncle Tom
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Authors: Brando Simeo Starkey
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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'Uncle Tom' is the most piercing epithet blacks can hurl at one another. It marks targets as race traitors, and that painful stain is often permanent. Much more
Over Here, Over There
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: William Brooks
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During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also revealed the c
Maternalism Reconsidered
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Marian van der Klein
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Beginning in the late 19th century, competing ideas about motherhood had a profound impact on the development and implementation of social welfare policies. Cal