2. Background
The original edition of this now
classic work was done by Jacob Cohen
in The Nation as “the finest one-
volume interpretation of American
history extant.” The book I read which
is the third edition “Out of Our Past,”
by Carl Degler has added a chapter on
the development of American
families, and greatly expanded
sections dealing with the place and
history of women in our past.
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3. Idea 1
"If there must be Jim Crow cars on railroads,
there should be Jim Crow cars on the street
ways," "Also on passenger boats... if there are
to be Jim Crow cars, there soul be Jim Crow
waiting saloons, and Jim Crow eating
houses..There should be Jim Crow sections of
the jury box, and a separate Jim Crow dock and
witness stand in every court- and a Jim Crow
Bible for colored witnesses to kiss. It would be
advisable also to have a Jim Crow section in
country auditors an treasurers offices for the
accommodation of colored
taxpayers."Charleston S.C.(pg.253).
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4. January 22, 1973
"By its very nature, abortion is
primarily a women's method of
controlling fertility."(473). It really
made me think about people not
thinking things through.
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5. Idea 3
As one girl worker in a wool factory
said "My father gives me all the
money I need but not all the money I
want. I like too be independent and
spend my money as I please."(386).
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6. You should learn
• You should learn that though we are
hundreds of years apart we are still
connected that even though it was
way before us its apart of us and its
how we got to where we are right now.
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