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"Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work around the world. She believed the greatest need of a human being is to love and be loved. In 1948, she founded the Missionaries of Charity to work directly with the very poorest of Calcutta. From the efforts of one woman entering the slums of Entally, the Missionaries of Charity grew into an organization operating soup kitchens,...
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A rare look at how a nation of men and women mobilized to convert the U.S. economy into a war machine, emerging as the most powerful country in the world. Volume 1: Changing the Face of America. Volume 2: A World in Flames. Volume 3: The Problems of Peace. G.I. Joe was home. An incredible industrial war machine had been assembled and had emerged victorious. The face of the world had been forever changed, and the face of America also. But the economy...
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"Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was one of the most remarkable women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Active in both the civil rights movement and the campaign for women's suffrage, Terrell was a leading spokesperson for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, and the first black woman appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education and the American...
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Scope and content: Records of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors (GNAR) (1996-present) and its predecessor organizations, the Nashville Real Estate Board (1907-1967); and the Nashville Board of Realtors (1967-1996). The collection documents the real estate industry̹Ñ₂Ø♭s growth and professionalization in the twentieth century, covering the years 1923 through 2011. The bulk of the collection runs from 1950 to 2002, and is therefore...