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Secret Potions to Make You Pretty
Sara Breedlove aka Madame C.J. Walker is driving a car with 3 other “Walker agents.” The article describes Walker’s young adult life, and the moment that inspired her inventions: hair care products for African Americans including 5 salves and a…
Forging Her Path: Women in Jewelry and Metalwork
This magazine spread from motive (Lesbian Feminist Issue, Vol. 32 No. 1) really stood out to me because it shows two women, Leslie and Judy, stepping away from traditional jobs like waitressing and typing to pursue something hands-on and creative…
The Culture of Aids
This is a magazine article that confronts public health and social justice issues. It captures the quiet grief of losing a loved one, while confronting societal indifference and institutional neglect. It reflects the urgency and fear of the early…
Their Facts and Legends
In Greek mythology, so many of the constellations were people that just so happened to upset the gods and goddesses when they did nothing wrong. A children's book about the stories of constellations.
Toll Service: A Guide to Teaching Overlapping Techniques for Toll Service Operating
An employee handbook by The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company describing the importance of overlapping (multitasking) for the most efficient management of operating a switchboard for both the customer’s and the employer’s sake.
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The Agri Book Club
This article mentions the different prizes Children are able to win when they turn in their own agri book to the contest.
Randy Shilts (The Kid from Iowa)
Produced by the International Magazine of Literature and Art AIDS with “Reinventing Eden” at the bottom. Pushes for the research of aids in LGBTQ communities and criticizes the Reagan administration for the lack of funding research.
Rolling Stone's 1980 Rock and Roll Awards
The 1980 Rolling Stone Magazine Fan Voted Awards. Each year the magazine would have fans vote in different categories for their favorite musicians.
Seesawing skillfully between home and career: Lillian Gilbreth
Lillian Gilbreth was an industrial engineer, professor, and consultant who demonstrated how it is possible to be both a mother and career woman through her contributions to production-line efficiency and innovative designs of various kitchen…
Nature Magazine - September 1932
Cover, Foreword, and Main Story of the September 1932 edition of Nature Magazine.