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Lucille Stickel
No full textLucille Stickel oral history interview as conducted by Richard and Nancy Coon, and Russell Hall. Nancy Coon and Russ Hall were hired by Dr. Stickel to work at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland. Richard Coon was working for the Migratory Bird and Habitat Research Center Lab that was housed at Patuxent at the time. Dr. Stickel was appointed Director of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in 1973
Nancy Ford
No full textIn 1952 Nancy was travelling around Australia when she visited Tennant Creek and met Jack Casey Ford, who owned a transport business. They married in 1955 and have two children Debbie and James. Nancy has been a tireless worker for numerous organisations around the Tennant Creek region and organised the funding and opening of the Tennant Creek swimming pool, civic hall and facilities at the Tennant Creek Race Club. She was also on the Tennant Creek School Welfare Committee, Tennant Creek Nursing Home, Tennant Creek Baseball Association, Christmas Committee, Girl Guides Association, Marching Girls, Book Exchange, Tennant Creek and District Show. Nancy sold hand-dressed dolls on sticks at the show for the children and the junior baseball league. She laundered and neatly sewed the uniforms for the ?Tigers' team. A healthy team bank account was also an indication of her work. Many of the recreational facilities enjoyed in Tennant Creek were the product of Nancy Ford's genuine love of the town and its people, Purkiss Reserve amenities and others have been looked after by her.Community Servic
Oral history interview with Nancy Coats-Ashley
No full textNancy Coats-Ashley, a 1995 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame inductee and retired attorney and district court judge, recalls her path to earning a law degree. She talks about challenges she faced as a woman being in the minority in law school and in her job search once she had earned her degree. She talks about balancing work and family and relocating for her career. She also explains her role in establishing the Mental Health Court in Oklahoma and its importance.The Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project aims to preserve the voices and experiences of inductees to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame who serve as pioneers in their fields, made significant contributions to the state of Oklahoma, or have championed other women, women's issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women
Oral History Interview with Nancy Lieberman, November 8, 2012
No full textInterview with Nancy Lieberman, a sports broadcast journalist. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up in New York, her time on the first women's Olympic basketball team, and her career as a coach, author, and journalist on ESPN
Promoting Adult Learning Through Civil Discourse in the Public Library
No full textThis chapter investigates the adult learning through civil discourse within public library settings. Crucial to the success of a working democracy, the author traces the history of libraries as locations for the development of an engaged and knowledgeable citizenry.This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Kranich, Nancy. "Promoting Adult Learning Through Civil Discourse in the Public Library." New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 127, Fall 2010: 15-24, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ace.377/pdf.Peer reviewe
Oral history interview with Nancy G. Feldman
No full textNancy Feldman, a 1995 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame inductee and longtime women's activist, recalls her youth in the 1930s and 1940s in Chicago, Illinois, as a time of making lasting friends and learning many life lessons. She talks about being aware of cultural differences and working to 'change the world' such as pushing for the dating of milk, improving prenatal care, and gender and racial equality. Feldman reflects on a life well lived and shares her educational and career paths leading to thirty-seven years as a sociology professor and discusses a few of her moments of enlightenment.The Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project aims to preserve the voices and experiences of inductees to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame who serve as pioneers in their fields, made significant contributions to the state of Oklahoma, or have championed other women, women's issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women
Can the First Amendment Coexist with Civility? Response to ‘What Is the Role of Law in Promoting Civility? What Are Its Limits?'
No full textRancorous rhetoric has taken over the public square, causing many citizens to retreat from democratic work. Although self-governance and human dignity benefit when citizens express their views, it takes more than diverse voices to make democracy strong. It takes civility--reasoned public discourse where respect, restraint, responsibility, and empathy coexist with free expression so that fellow citizens can hear each other. And it also takes safe spaces—public forums like those in libraries, where communities come together at the intersection of law and civility and strike their own balance between the boundaries and norms of civil discourse.Originally published in Insights on Law & Society
The Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall
No full textThis postcard features Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall in Lincoln City, Indiana.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-postcards/1641/thumbnail.jp
Nancy Guthrie
No full textNancy Guthrie, author, Nashville, TN, examines two conversations Jesus had, one with his Father, the other with Paul, and how God feels our pain with us
David and Barbara Pryor, Arkansas State House desk
No full textDavid and Barbara Pryor seated next to each other at a desk.Photo courtesy of Nancy J. Hall, Secretary of Stat
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