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Briarwood Girls

Read by Linda Velwest

Julia Lestarjette Glover

Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…

29 - ANOTHER CAMP-MEETING

In The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

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Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York Stat…

The Owl Critic - Read by LV

In The Owl Critic

Read by Linda Velwest

James T. Fields and James Thomas Fields

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of The Owl Critic by James T. Fields. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 3, 2011.…

06 - Glimpses of Poetry

In A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

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Lucy Larcom

Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mill-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's…

Shelter and Housing

In A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Inv…

Read by Linda Velwest

United States House of Representatives and United States House Of Representatives

In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to H…

Ch. 10 - The Second Inauguration

In Behind the Scenes

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Elizabeth Keckley

This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…

01 - One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes (Grimm's Fairy Tales)

In Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary …

15 - The Exhibition (Part 1)

In Belinda

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Maria Edgeworth

When Belinda was published in 1801, it became both controversial and popular. Controversial because of the inter-racial marriage presented i…

14 – Book 3 Two Good Patriots

In The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

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Baroness Emma Orczy

Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, T…