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Honest John Williams
U.S. Senator from Delaware
University of Delaware Press
Honest John Williams, written by noted Delaware historian Carol E. Hoffecker, examines the early life and political career of John J. Williams (1904-88), who served four terms as a U.S. senator between 1947 and 1970, and became an important advocate for fiscal probity and governmental integrity in the mid-twentieth century.
Victorine du Pont
The Force behind the Family
University of Delaware Press
Victorine du Pont is the previously untold biography of a woman who left a profound influence upon multiple generations of the du Pont family, and whose story provides the most intimate view of that family to date. Intellectually capable and actively compassionate, Victorine du Pont overcame personal tragedy and institutional barriers against women to provide pioneering educational opportunities, as well as spiritual leadership, to an entire millworkers’ community.
Black Powder, White Lace
The du Pont Irish and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century America
University of Delaware Press
This anniversary edition of Black Powder, White Lace, Margaret Mulrooney's history of the community of Irish immigrant workers at the du Pont powder yards, is being published to remind readers of the rich materials on the du Pont workers now publicly available through the Hagley Library and Museum, and of Mulrooney's powerful conclusions about immigrant communities in America.
Votes for Delaware Women
University of Delaware Press
This book traces the growth of an organized suffrage movement in Delaware from the 1890s to the 1920s. It covers the activities of the major suffrage organizations after 1914, when African American women organized their own suffrage club and the State's National Women's Party affiliate contested with the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association for Leadership of the cause, and explains the Legislature's refusal to make Delaware the final state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.
Delaware Naturalist Handbook
Edited by McKay Jenkins and Susan Barton
University of Delaware Press
The Delaware Naturalist Handbook is the primary public face of a major university-led public educational outreach and community engagement initiative. This statewide master naturalist certification program is designed to train hundreds of citizen scientists, K–12 environmental educators, ecological restoration volunteers, and habitat managers each year.