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American Indian Women

Different kinds of power in different cultures.

U.S. and Egypt in the 1950s

Creating political blowback in the Middle East

Rock Paper Scissors

Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?

Laboring to Bring Forth Child Labor Statistics

Children at work on the eve of World War II

Senatorial Division

A balance of power between North and South

Honest Abe

The secret life of Lincoln?

All Wrapped Up in the Flag

Flinging it first to the breeze.

Religious Orders of Women in New France

Lives dedicated to teaching and nursing.

Spy in a Petticoat

"She had outwitted the British and oh how they hated her."

Everyday Life in the 19th Century

Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.

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