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“Ultimately a historian has to put together a cohesive work. That doesn't mean that your curiosity is ever totally satisfied.”

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Adele Logan Alexander

Adele Logan Alexander is an American author born in 1938. Her works primarily focus on history and literature, known for her in-depth research and unique insights into history. more

“When we look at women, we have to look at the significance of their work in a different way from the way we look at it with men. Women have more often worked within the home, working equally as hard, I would argue, but not always out there where they're counted, not always up there in the labor unions, certainly not in leadership positions.”

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Author:Adele Logan Alexander

“For all kinds of reasons, it is more difficult to track women's lives. Women's words have simply been considered less important, so they have been preserved less often.”

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Author:Adele Logan Alexander

“I think that one of the ways that Americans will come to want to look at history is by looking at their own families' histories, and how those stories relate to the larger picture of American history. Then it is no longer abstract. Then it becomes a story that really means something to us as individuals.”

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Author:Adele Logan Alexander

“I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn't like history when I was in high school. I didn't study history when I was in college, none at all, and only started to do graduate study when my children were going to graduate school. What first intrigued me was this desire to understand my family and put it in the context of American history. That makes history so appealing and so central to what I am trying to do.”

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Author:Adele Logan Alexander

“We are here to repair the world. I grew up thinking that was what everybody was trying to do.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.”

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Author:Tony Blair

“People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.”

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Author:Tony Blair

“The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.”

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Author:Tony Blair

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