Thomas Jefferson once said, "Women shouldn't wrinkle their pretty little foreheads with politics." Now does that mean he was a sexist, or was he just expressing what most males, and maybe most females, felt at that time? Or are both true?
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meanin… - Russell Freedman
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meanin…
- Russell Freedman
Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, o… - Russell Freedman
Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, o…
With the audience I write for, I want to make sure that the reader is eagerly turning every page. I want each of my books to be an absorbing reading … - Russell Freedman
With the audience I write for, I want to make sure that the reader is eagerly turning every page. I want each of my books to be an absorbing reading …
I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my… - Russell Freedman
I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my…
Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required… - Russell Freedman
Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required…
I try to find clues in the documented record - from the subject's own testimony, from the testimony of other people. When you're writing a biography, … - Russell Freedman
I try to find clues in the documented record - from the subject's own testimony, from the testimony of other people. When you're writing a biography, …
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want to be writers but who … - Russell Freedman
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want to be writers but who …
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are m… - Russell Freedman
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are m…
Let's say that history is what happened. The record of what happened is how each individual happens to see those events. They've already been filtered… - Russell Freedman
Let's say that history is what happened. The record of what happened is how each individual happens to see those events. They've already been filtered…
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