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    The Women Who Built Omaha : A Bold and Remarkable History (2022)
    Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press | Baltimore, Md : Project MUSE
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    ISBN: 9781496231253
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.409782/254
    Keywords: Women Social conditions ; Women Biography ; HISTORY / Women ; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) ; Women ; Social conditions ; Women ; Social conditions ; History ; Biographies ; Omaha (Neb.) Social conditions ; Omaha (Neb.) History ; Nebraska ; Omaha
    Abstract: Women's lives in pioneer Omaha -- Education -- Founding Creighton University and Duchesne -- Native American women -- Votes for Omaha women -- The "new woman" of the Gilded Age -- Prostitution in wide open Omaha -- Healthcare -- Human services -- Culture and the arts -- From World War I to World War II -- Business -- Restaurants and bakeries -- Sports -- Post-war to the women's movement -- Law -- Government -- Civil rights -- After the women's movement.
    Abstract: "The Women Who Built Omaha explores the important contributions of women to Omaha while placing those contributions in the context of social history. Wirth describes the activities of local women in numerous fields from the 1850s to the modern women's movement in the 1970s, bringing to life those who have been overlooked throughout history"--
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    In the Province of the Gods (2021)
    Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press | Baltimore, Md : Project MUSE
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    ISBN: 9780299314293 , 0299314294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Living out
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fries, Kenny, 1960- In the province of the gods
    Keywords: Fries, Kenny Travel ; Fries, Kenny - 1960- ; Fries, Kenny - 1960- - Travel - Japan ; People with disabilities Social conditions ; Authors with disabilities Biography ; Gay men Biography ; Gays with disabilities Biography ; Authors, American Biography 21st century ; Personnes handicapees - Japon - Conditions sociales ; Écrivains handicapes - États-Unis - Biographies ; Homosexuels masculins - États-Unis - Biographies ; Écrivains americains - 21e siecle - Biographies ; Travel ; People with disabilities - Social conditions ; Gays with disabilities ; Gay men ; Authors with disabilities ; Authors, American ; Biographies ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBT ; Gay disabled people ; LGBTQ+ disabled people ; Authors, American - 21st century - Biography ; Gays with disabilities - United States - Biography ; Gay men - United States - Biography ; Authors with disabilities - United States - Biography ; People with disabilities - Japan - Social conditions ; TRAVEL / Asia / Japan ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General ; autobiographies (literary works) ; Autobiographies ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities ; Gay autobiographies ; LGBTQ+ autobiographies ; Autobiographies ; Autobiographies ; Japan Description and travel ; United States ; Japan ; Japon - Descriptions et voyages ; Autobiography
    Abstract: A disabled foreigner in Japan--a society historically hostile to difference--Kenny Fries spins a tale of exciting, bewildering adventure. As he visits Japanese gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and A-bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV-positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, and he must find a way to re-enter life on new terms
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    MPI Ethno. Forsch.
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