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"Place held sacred by a community, particularly ones with a rich architectural context, offer a fascinating subject for an artist. But there are temptations that ought to be resisted in a scholarly work, and so I have avoided an impulse to produce a "Great Churches of the Jersey Shore" kin of book. I have tried to look on all through the impartial lens of an Atget or Walk Evans or George Tice. The real subject of this inventory is not so much the architecture of the Jersey Shore and Pine Barrens communities, but the traditions and changes in function, scale, style, construction, and prominence of the churches, meetinghouses, and synagogues, and the cultural, social, economic and liturgical forces that shaped them. - from the Preface. The work includes all the surviving houses of worship in Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May, and the shore regions of Monmouth County, plus much of the Pine Barrens. Frank Greenagel's seminal work on the old churches and meetinghouses of New Jersey, titled 'The New Jersey Churchscape' was published by Rutgers University Press in 2001. His most recent book entitled 'An Architectural Stew' on the religious architecture of Middlesex County. 'Steeple Envy' is the title of his examination of the churches of Morris County, 'A Mighty Architectural Stout' is his work on the Essex County churchscape, and 'A Plausible Expression of Piety' details his work on the religious architecture of Hudson County. Greenagel is the author the article on religious architecture of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey, and of an essay on Methodist church architecture for 'New Jersey History,' the oldest scholarly journal published in America. His website dedicated to the old churches, meetinghouses and synagogues of the state, is www.njchurchscape.com. He is presently leading an effort to restore a late eighteenth-century Georgian manor in Phillipsburg." -Back cover.
On May 1, 1837, Episcopal bishop George Washington Doane welcomed 52 young women from eight states to his new school, St. Mary's Hall, in Burlington, New Jersey. Bishop Doane's radical innovation of giving young women the same mental training as young men motivated people from far and wide to send their daughters to this new school. Doane's visionary efforts soon turned many heads and changed many hearts, and the school grew accordingly. Today, as a coeducational school known as Doane Academy, the institution carries forward Bishop Doane's passion to push the boundaries of education. Located along the banks of the Delaware River, Doane Academy builds and instills character and a sense of duty into its students and prepares and guides them as they move "Right Onward" to change the world.
A “beautifully written” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have take to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. If you think sexism thrives only on Wall Street or Hollywood, you haven’t visited a lab, a science department, a research foundation, or a biotech firm. Rita Colwell is one of the top scientists in America: the groundbreaking microbiologist who discovered how cholera survives between epidemics and the former head of the National Science Foundation. But when she first applied for a graduate fellowship in bacteriology, she was told, “We don’t waste fellowships on women.” A lack of support from some male superiors would lead her to change her area of study six times before completing her PhD. A Lab of One’s Own is an “engaging” (Booklist) book that documents all Colwell has seen and heard over her six decades in science, from sexual harassment in the lab to obscure systems blocking women from leading professional organizations or publishing their work. Along the way, she encounters other women pushing back against the status quo, including a group at MIT who revolt when they discover their labs are a fraction of the size of their male colleagues. Resistance gave female scientists special gifts: forced to change specialties so many times, they came to see things in a more interdisciplinary way, which turned out to be key to making new discoveries in the 20th and 21st centuries. Colwell would also witness the advances that could be made when men and women worked together—often under her direction, such as when she headed a team that helped to uncover the source of anthrax used in the 2001 letter attacks. A Lab of One’s Own is “an inspiring read for women embarking on a career or experiencing career challenges” (Library Journal, starred review) that shares the sheer joy a scientist feels when moving toward a breakthrough, and the thrill of uncovering a whole new generation of female pioneers. It is the science book for the #MeToo era, offering an astute diagnosis of how to fix the problem of sexism in science—and a celebration of women pushing back.
First Published in 1997. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary was created to fill a gap of there being a comprehensive reference work like this available, even though the bibliography in English on various aspects of the history of women artists has grown exponentially during the past ten years. As researchers, the editors have been frustrated many times by being unable to locate basic information about many of the artists included in this volume—especially those working outside the United States. This leads directly to another reason for producing this particular kind of reference book—to try and create a better understanding between and among the artists and art audiences in these countries.