Kathleen Thompson
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Description
Kathleen Thompson is an author and activist, born on September 12, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Oklahoma City before relocating to Chicago at the age of nineteen. Her first book was Against Rape, a feminist classic co-authored with Andra Medea and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1974. She then wrote more than a hundred books for children and young adults, mostly nonfiction. She also co-founded The Commons Theatre in Chicago and had eight plays produced there and in New York and other cities. In 1994, she collaborated with psychologist Diane Pinkert Epstein on an expose of the American diet industry, Feeding on Dreams (MacMillanUSA). Her next book was A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America (Broadway Books, 1996), co-authored with pre-eminent black woman historian Darlene Clark Hine. That book was followed by three visual histories with Hilary Mac Austin: The Face of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present (Indiana University Press, 1999); Children of the Depression (Indiana University Press, 2000); and America's Children (W. W. Norton, 2001).
Books
Puerto Rico
Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of Puerto Rico.
North Dakota
An introduction to the history, people, and places of the thirty-ninth or fortieth State--history will never ascertain which.
Virginia
Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of Virginia.
Power and border lordship in medieval France
"This is the first modern account to describe the emergence of the northern French county of the Perche, and the rise of a relatively minor noble family from obscure origins to princely power." "The Rotrou family ruled the Perche from around the year 1000 until 1226. They took part in many of the most famous military engagements of the middle ages, from the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to the recovery of territory from the Muslims in twelfth-century Spain. Their involvement in crusading initiatives was told in the popular poetry of the day, and they came to number the kings of England, France, Aragon and Sicily, as well as the Holy Roman Emperor, among their kinsmen." "This narrative explains the family's transformation and consolidation of its position in the context of a vibrant and expanding society in the years after 1000, looking at their territorial ambitions, construction of a feudal clientele and operation of lordship through female family members."--Jacket.
South Dakota
Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the Mount Rushmore State. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to South Dakota.
Kentucky
Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the Bluegrass State. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to Kentucky.
Nevada
Tennessee
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Tennessee.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
The life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who, after driving out the French, claimed Florida for Spain.
Minnesota
This panegyric extols the beauty, abundant natural resources, and health- restoring environment of Minnesota, describing the state's regions and its many tourist attractions. It is directed towards those suffering from consumption (tuberculosis) and helps to explain why people in the nineteenth century regarded Minnesota's dry climate as a possible cure for that disease. The author also discusses methods of treating consumption through diet and clothing, and other locales of interest to sufferers, such as Florida, Nassau, and California.
My book of Christmas stories
Presents an illustrated collection of Christmas stories.
My book of Christmas games
Presents an illustrated collection of Christmas games and activities.