Social History

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The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I

Cover of the book Femme Fatale by Pat Shipman, featuring an image of Mata Hari adorned in an ornate necklace.

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Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari

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The Deluge

Cover of the book A Few Good Women, featuring images of a woman in a military cap and a woman in sunglasses and uniform. Subtitles highlight the courage and fortitude of women in the U.S. armed forces from WWI to recent conflicts, tackling challenges in the twenty-first century.

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A Few Good Women: America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers

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$30.00

American Women in World War I

Book cover of Why They Marched by Susan Ware, featuring illustrations of American women activists in period attire holding signs.

$20.00

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

Cover of Red Summer by Cameron McWhirter in white text, featuring a historical image of men with rifles tinted red and blue. Caption reads: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America during a time of racial unrest in white text.

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Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

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Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War

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Yellow and dark blue illustration of Ida B. Wells-Barnett with the quote: The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them, highlighting her pivotal role in civil rights and women's rights activism. The sticker is cut out to match contour of the illustration.

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Ida B Wells-Barnett Sticker

Tan book cover of Lost Battalions in white text by Richard Slotkin showcases soldiers in uniform with the subtitle The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality in red text.

$35.00

Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality

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The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War

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Women in the Great War

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A purple tea towel showcasing portraits of nine women celebrated as heroines of the 19th Amendment, with their birth and death years. Ida B Wells, Alice Paul, Harriet Tubman, Lucy Stone, Mary Church Terrell, Susan B Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Carrie Chapman Catt, Matilda Joslyn Gage. The phrase They persisted underscores their legacy in advancing women's rights and suffrage.

$26.00

19th Amendment Heroines Tea Towel

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Cover of The Language of Victory by Gary Robinson featuring two illustrated American Indian soldiers in military attire with communication equipment, set against a backdrop of maps and blueprints.

$15.00

The Language of Victory: Code Talkers of WWI and WWII

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Cover of American Midnight by Adam Hochschild, featuring historical protest scenes with signs advocating for democracy and justice.

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American Midnight [Hardcover]

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Fatal Decision: Edith Cavell World War I Nurse

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A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert

Cover of *Digging the Trenches* illustrates soldiers in a trench during the Great War, with artifacts like a spoon, dog tags, and comb. Authors Andrew Robertshaw & David Kenyon delve into battlefield features through the lens of archaeology.

$30.00

Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front

Book cover of A Supernatural War by Owen Davies, featuring a soldier with a rifle and a winged figure standing behind him. The subtitle reads, Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War, highlighting the role of superstitious beliefs on the front lines.

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A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith During the First World War

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A book cover titled Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson showcases four women walking in 1920s-style dresses and hats. The subtitle, How Two Million War Spinsters Survived Without Men after the First World War, captures their resilience and independence.

$21.00

Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War

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Duty Beyond the Battlefield

Cover of Torchbearers of Democracy by Chad L. Williams, featuring an African American soldier in World War I uniform and white text.

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Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era

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Women in the First World War

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