Collections for Adult Readers
Topic: Lowell Mill Girls
Lowell Mill Women Create the First Union of Working Women
from AFL-CIO
This article details the historical significance of the women who worked in the American Industrial Revolution and their lasting legacy.
Lowell Mill Women create the First Union of Working Women: AFL-CIO. AFL. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/lowell-mill-women-form-union.
from AFL-CIO
This article details the historical significance of the women who worked in the American Industrial Revolution and their lasting legacy.
Lowell Mill Women create the First Union of Working Women: AFL-CIO. AFL. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/lowell-mill-women-form-union.
Topic: Oregon Trail
The American Myths of Westward Expansion that Just Won't Die
from LitHub
This article discusses how we view Westward expansion through a modern lens that doesn't reflect the reality of the lives of those pioneers.
Markham, Lauren (2019, June 10). The American myths of westward expansion that just won't die. Literary Hub. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://bit.ly/3uUkJcH.
from LitHub
This article discusses how we view Westward expansion through a modern lens that doesn't reflect the reality of the lives of those pioneers.
Markham, Lauren (2019, June 10). The American myths of westward expansion that just won't die. Literary Hub. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://bit.ly/3uUkJcH.
Topic: American Revolution
Why Marquis de Lafayette is Still
America's Best Friend
via Smithsonian Magazine Online
In this interview with author Sarah Vowell, she and Chris Heller discuss her book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and how the French General is the American Hero so many of us forget to think about.
Heller, Chris (2015, November 2). Why Marquis de Lafayette is still America's best friend. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://bit.ly/3FxFVKu.
America's Best Friend
via Smithsonian Magazine Online
In this interview with author Sarah Vowell, she and Chris Heller discuss her book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and how the French General is the American Hero so many of us forget to think about.
Heller, Chris (2015, November 2). Why Marquis de Lafayette is still America's best friend. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://bit.ly/3FxFVKu.