In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who stood against the tide and fought for liberty and representation: C.E.S. Wood, who documented the conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army; Beatrice Morrow Cannady, founding member of the Portland NAACP and first African American woman to practice law in Oregon; women's rights advocate Dr. Marie Equi, who performed abortions and was an open lesbian; and student athlete Jack Yoshihara, who, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was barred f... Read More
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In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who stood against the tide and fought for liberty and representation: C.E.S. Wood, who documented the conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army; Beatrice Morrow Cannady, founding member of the Portland NAACP and first African American woman to practice law in Oregon; women's rights advocate Dr. Marie Equi, who performed abortions and was an open lesbian; and student athlete Jack Yoshihara, who, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was barred f... Read More
In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who stood against the tide and fought for liberty and representation: C.E.S. Wood, who documented the conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army; Beatrice Morrow Cannady, founding member of the Portland NAACP and first African American woman to practice law in Oregon; women's rights advocate Dr. Marie Equi, who performed abortions and was an open lesbian; and student athlete Jack Yoshihara, who, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was barred from participating in the 1942 Rose Bowl. From scandal and oppression to injustice and the brink of revolution, join Chandler as he gives voice to the Rose City's quiet radicals and outspoken activists.
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Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Hidden History
Publication Date: 12th November 2013
State: Oregon
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781626191983
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
Author Bio
JD Chandler is a writer and public historian living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Murder & Mayhem in Portland" and "Hidden History of Portland." His Slabtown Chronicles (PortlandCrime.blogspot.com) and Weird Portland (WeirdPortland.blogspot.com) blogs chronicle the Rose City's history. JB Fisher teaches writing at Portland Community College and came to the field of Portland crime history when he inadvertently discovered hidden above his water heater a stack of old Oregon Journal newspapers about a long-forgotten Oregon mystery. Fisher holds a doctorate in Renaissance English literature and was a Shakespeare professor before returning to the City of Roses where he is now researching and writing about some of Portland's most intriguing unsolved crime cases."
In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who stood against the tide and fought for liberty and representation: C.E.S. Wood, who documented the conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army; Beatrice Morrow Cannady, founding member of the Portland NAACP and first African American woman to practice law in Oregon; women's rights advocate Dr. Marie Equi, who performed abortions and was an open lesbian; and student athlete Jack Yoshihara, who, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was barred from participating in the 1942 Rose Bowl. From scandal and oppression to injustice and the brink of revolution, join Chandler as he gives voice to the Rose City's quiet radicals and outspoken activists.
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Hidden History
Publication Date: 12th November 2013
State: Oregon
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781626191983
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
JD Chandler is a writer and public historian living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Murder & Mayhem in Portland" and "Hidden History of Portland." His Slabtown Chronicles (PortlandCrime.blogspot.com) and Weird Portland (WeirdPortland.blogspot.com) blogs chronicle the Rose City's history. JB Fisher teaches writing at Portland Community College and came to the field of Portland crime history when he inadvertently discovered hidden above his water heater a stack of old Oregon Journal newspapers about a long-forgotten Oregon mystery. Fisher holds a doctorate in Renaissance English literature and was a Shakespeare professor before returning to the City of Roses where he is now researching and writing about some of Portland's most intriguing unsolved crime cases."
