The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... Women's Rights Convention STEPHEN FOSTER : Oh ! Susanna 161 STEPHEN FOSTER : Old Folks at Home 162 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON : Address to the 163 Legislature of New York on Women's Rights LUCY STONE : A Disappointed Woman 169 EMILY ...
... Women's Right to Vote 277 The Ballad of John Henry 285 Home on the Range 287 I've Been Working on the Railroad 288 HELEN HUNT JACKSON : A Century of Dishonor 290 FREDERICK DOUGLASS : Speech at the National 295 Convention of Colored Men ...
... Women and Economics 354 EDWIN MARKHAM : The Man with the Hoe 357 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AND 359 J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON : Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing M. CAREY THOMAS : Should Higher Education for Women 360 Differ ? JACOB A. RIIS : The Battle ...
... women , and people of different backgrounds . In my search , I discovered speakers and writers who should be read and heard because of their eloquence and because of the light that they shine on the past and present . I make no claim ...
... women have emerged to advocate , argue , debate , demand , laugh , and celebrate . Much of what they said and did has relevance for partisans of democratic ideas throughout the world . As we get to know the history of our society and ...