"Chains Don’t Rattle Themselves," an excerpt from a memoir in progress by Dathonie Pinto
Domestic Violence
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Family Violence
Juvenile corrections
PDF document of "Chains Don’t Rattle Themselves," an excerpt from a memoir in progress by Herstory Writers Workshop author Dathonie Pinto
Dathonie Pinto
Michael Curtis
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English
"Coney Island, Dreamland, Fighting the Flames"
Building-exterior.
Coney Island (N.Y.)-history.
Event-Coney Island Fire.
Dreamland was an amusement park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, from 1904 to 1911. It was famous for its freak shows and water rides. On May 27th, 1911, the "Hell gate" attraction caught fire and Dreamland was destroyed. In this photograph the "Fighting the Flames" exhibit is shown, where, ironically, fire-fighting techniques were demonstrated.
c. early 20th century.
Elise M. Barbeau
Hofstra University Library Special Collections
Box 8, Item 14
"De repente--A Page One Moment" by Vivian Viloria Fisher
Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Grief
Parents--Death--Psychological aspects.
PDF version of "De repente--A Page One Moment"" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Vivian Viloria Fisher
Vivian Viloria Fisher
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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"Día martes" para Yolanda Gress
Homelessness--Moral and ethical aspects.
Homelessness--United States.
Homeless persons--United States.
PDF version of "Día martes" para Yolanda Gress ("A Tuesday" by Yolanda Gress, a Herstory Writers Workshop author
Yolanda Gress
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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Spanish
"Do You Know Why?" By Mary Fideli
Prisoners' families.
Prisoners--Family relationships--New York (State)
Prisoners--Social aspects.
Teacher-student relationships--Social aspects.
A PDF version of an except from "Do You Know Why" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Mary Fideli
Mary Fideli
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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English
"Doing Time on the Outside, Voices from Children of the Incarcerated" podcast
Link to the "Doing Time on the Outside, Voices from Children of the Incarcerated" podcast with guest Tanasha Gordon
"Doing Time on the Outside" book cover
The cover to "Doing Time on the Outside" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Barbara Allan
Barbara Allan
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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Color Photo
"Eating My Heart Out: A Memoir in Progress" by Suzy Dalton Sonenberg
Body image.
Body image in women.
Mothers and daughters--United States--Psychology.
PDF version of ""Eating My Heart Out: A Memoir in Progress" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Suzy Dalton Sonenberg
Suzy Dalton Sonenberg
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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"Every Time I Look Back" by Anonymous High School Student
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Refugee Families
PDF version of an anonymous high school student's Herstory Writers Workshop story "Every Time I Look Back"
Anonymous High School Student
Herstory Writers Workshop
Michael Curtis
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English and Spanish
"Ferries to High Hill Beach" (Long Island Forum)
Pearsall, Louis P. (1903-1985)
High Hill Beach
Long Island Forum
Ferries
Fire Island
An article about the beach community of High Hill Beach written by Louis Pearsall for Long Island Forum magazine.
Louis Pearsall
Pearsall, Louis. Collection
Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
February 1966
Michael Curtis
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Magazine article
English