Destiny's Daughter by Frances Altman highlights events in the life of Mary Edwards Walker, maverick suffragist, Civil War doctor and only woman Medal of Honor recipient.
The experience of a young adult trying to figure out what they want to do for employment or education can be overwhelming. My book will give them insight to what it means to be a carpenter. And the progress unions have made in discrimination.
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Les Golden, Renaissance Man, is an astronomer/professor, actor/stand-up comic, musician, card-counter, writer/cartoonist, environmentalist/animal welfare advocate. An identical twin, he was graduated from Cornell Univ.(B.S., M. Engr. Physics) and the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D, astronomy). He's best known as a gambling columnist for British magazines, his political activism, and as di
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Major Influences: Knowles Cooke (theatre), Nina Grace Smith (writing), Frank Drake (astronomy), David W. Tucker (jazz),William J. Welch (astronomy), Del Close (improvisation), and Edward O. Thorp (card counting)
Birth Place
Chicago, IL U.S.A.
Accomplishments
Eric Hoffer and Lili Fabilli Laconic Essay Prize, the Griffith Observatory Science Writing Competition, the International Compuserve Magazine Essay Contest, First Prize in the Nicolaus Copernicus International Essay Competition (American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa (arts and sciences), Tau Beta Pi (engineering), Pi Delta Epsilon (journalism), Who’s Who in Science and Technology, Who’s Who in the World, Fellow of American Institute for Economic Research (Great Barrington, Massachusetts), National Research Council Resident Research Associateship
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