The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Published on 24. September 2024
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-593-54167-8 (ISBN)
Description
"In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time."--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-54167-8 (9780593541678)
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The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
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Sharon McMahon is a longtime high school government and law teacher who is now best known as America’s Government Teacher on her Instagram account, Sharon Says So. In a time when flashy headlines and false information often take the spotlight, millions of people rely on McMahon for nonpartisan, fact-based information.
McMahon is the host of the award-winning podcast Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, where each week, she provides entertaining yet factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people. She is also the founder of The Preamble, a newsletter that gives you the history of and context about stories that matter. In all that she does, McMahon encourages others to be world-changing humans. She has led her community in various philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $9 million for teachers, domestic violence survivors, terminally ill children, medical debt forgiveness programs, refugees, and more.
McMahon is the host of the award-winning podcast Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, where each week, she provides entertaining yet factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people. She is also the founder of The Preamble, a newsletter that gives you the history of and context about stories that matter. In all that she does, McMahon encourages others to be world-changing humans. She has led her community in various philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $9 million for teachers, domestic violence survivors, terminally ill children, medical debt forgiveness programs, refugees, and more.
Content
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION New York, 1804
Angel of the Rockies
ONE Clara Brown, Kentucky, 1830s
TWO Bleeding Kansas, 1850s
THREE Clara Brown, Colorado, 1870s
The Next Needed Thing
FOUR Virginia Randolph, Virginia, 1890
FIVE Henrico County, Virginia, 1907
America the Beautiful
SIX Katharine Lee Bates, Cape Cod, 1859
SEVEN Katharine Lee Bates, England, 1880s
EIGHT Katharine Lee Bates, Chicago, 1890s
Forward Out of Darkness
NINE Inez Milholland, New York, 1910
TEN Maria de Lopez, California, 1911
ELEVEN Rebecca Brown Mitchell, Idaho, 1856
TWELVE Inez Milholland, the West, 1916
THIRTEEN France, 1916
An Orientation of the Spirit
FOURTEEN Anna Thomas Jeanes, Philadelphia, 1822
FIFTEEN William James Edwards, Alabama, 1869
SIXTEEN Julius Rosenwald, Illinois, 1862
SEVENTEEN Booker T. Washington, Virginia, 1856
Go for Broke
EIGHTEEN The Inouyes, Hawaii, 1924
NINETEEN The Minetas, California, 1942
TWENTY Daniel Inouye, Europe, 1943
TWENTY-ONE Norman Mineta, 1950s
Momentum
TWENTY-TWO Claudette Colvin, Alabama, 1950s
TWENTY-THREE Septima Clark, Charleston,South Carolina, 1898
TWENTY-FOUR America, 1950s
TWENTY-FIVE Teenagers in the American South, 1950s
TWENTY-SIX Montgomery, Alabama, 1955
CONCLUSION
Acknowledgments
Notes
INTRODUCTION New York, 1804
Angel of the Rockies
ONE Clara Brown, Kentucky, 1830s
TWO Bleeding Kansas, 1850s
THREE Clara Brown, Colorado, 1870s
The Next Needed Thing
FOUR Virginia Randolph, Virginia, 1890
FIVE Henrico County, Virginia, 1907
America the Beautiful
SIX Katharine Lee Bates, Cape Cod, 1859
SEVEN Katharine Lee Bates, England, 1880s
EIGHT Katharine Lee Bates, Chicago, 1890s
Forward Out of Darkness
NINE Inez Milholland, New York, 1910
TEN Maria de Lopez, California, 1911
ELEVEN Rebecca Brown Mitchell, Idaho, 1856
TWELVE Inez Milholland, the West, 1916
THIRTEEN France, 1916
An Orientation of the Spirit
FOURTEEN Anna Thomas Jeanes, Philadelphia, 1822
FIFTEEN William James Edwards, Alabama, 1869
SIXTEEN Julius Rosenwald, Illinois, 1862
SEVENTEEN Booker T. Washington, Virginia, 1856
Go for Broke
EIGHTEEN The Inouyes, Hawaii, 1924
NINETEEN The Minetas, California, 1942
TWENTY Daniel Inouye, Europe, 1943
TWENTY-ONE Norman Mineta, 1950s
Momentum
TWENTY-TWO Claudette Colvin, Alabama, 1950s
TWENTY-THREE Septima Clark, Charleston,South Carolina, 1898
TWENTY-FOUR America, 1950s
TWENTY-FIVE Teenagers in the American South, 1950s
TWENTY-SIX Montgomery, Alabama, 1955
CONCLUSION
Acknowledgments
Notes