Carla Blank

This book focuses on the lives and works of two of the very first women of European American ancestry to practice architecture in North America during the 19th century. Mother Joseph du Sacré-Coeur, a Sister of Providence--born Esther Pariseau, in St. Elzéar, Quebec--is credited with works built in the present states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, northern Oregon, and in the province of British Columbia. For her contributions, Mother Joseph was honored by the State of Washington as one of two people to represent it in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, DC. Louise Blanchard Bethune designed and built works in the Buffalo, New York area. Storming the Old Boys' Citadel follows the evolving histories of two Revival-styled multiuse public buildings considered to be these women's major works. Listed on the United States' National Register of Historic Places, they have both continued to function, with extensive additions and other changes made to each architect's original structure, for the communities where their architects lived.

two pioneer women architects of nineteenth century North America

Storming the old boys' citadel

Ishmael Reed

Celebrated novelist, poet, and MacArthur fellow Ishmael Reed follows his groundbreaking poetry anthology, From Totems to Hip-Hop, with a provocative survey of American short fiction

Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now

Pow-Wow

Before Columbus Foundation

Tracing the development of multicultural America over the course of the twentieth century, this diverse history highlights the political, cultural, social, and cultural contributions of women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and others on the margins of traditional history. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Carla Blank

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