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“All calculations based on experience elsewhere, fail in New Mexico.”

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Lew Wallace; an Autobiography provides a comprehensive look at the life of Lew Wallace, detailing his experiences as a soldier and his contributions to literature. The book covers his early life, military campaigns, and his writing career, including the creation of his most famous novel, Ben-Hur. more

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Lew Wallace was an American statesman, soldier, and author, best known for his novel 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1885. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War and later as the Governor of the New Mexico Territory, involved in various diplomatic missions and instrumental in the establishment of the Kingdom of Hawaii. more

“Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made up 40 percent of Afghanistan’s doctors, 70 percent of its teachers and 30 percent of its civil servants. A small number of women even held important political posts as members of Parliament and judges. Most women did not wear the burqa.”

“There's no question in my mind but that rights are never won unless people are willing to fight for them.”

People Mind Fighting Rights Willing

Author:Eleanor Smeal

“Feminist humor raises consciousness. And the reason it's funny is because it stands something on its head. Goodness knows you've got to have a sense of humor if you do feminism full-time, I tell you.”

Ifs Knows Reason Consciousness Feminism Goodness Raises Feminist Sense Of Humor

Author:Eleanor Smeal

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