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A prolific poet as a child, Barbara Drake-Vera loved writing almost as much as she adored her father, a moody postal employee with an elaborate comb-over and a fondness for Mahler. But when her successes sparked his rage, Barbara silenced her voice for years, terrified even to see her name in print. By age forty-nine, she was a professional journalist living in Peru and collaborating with her husband, a Peruvian-born photographer, to report on...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Excerpt from Women in Trade UnionsThe following Report on Women in Trade Unions is the result of an Enquiry made by a joint-committee of the Labour Research Department and the Fabian Women's Group. The Report was unanimously adopted by the Committee, but the opinions expressed in it do not necessarily represent the views. Of the members, either individually or collectively, and only those of the writer. The thanks of the Committee are especial...

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Excerpt from Women in the Engineering Trades: A Problem, a Solution, and Some Criticisms, Being a Report Based on an Enquiry by a Joint Committee of the Labour Research Department and the Fabian Women's GroupThe following report is the result of an enquiry by a Joint Committee of the Fabian Research Department and the Fabian Women's Group. But the members of the Joint Committee are not responsible for the views and opinions expressed by the wr...

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In 1987, Barbara Drake and her husband sold their home in Portland and moved to a farm in western Oregon's Yamhill Valley. In PEACE AT HEART, Drake reflects on ten years of country living and on the happiness that this rural landscape has brought her. She combines gentle humor, practical advice, and deep respect for the work and the land.

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When Barbara Drake and her husband left Portland and moved to a small farm in western Oregon's Yamhill Valley in the late 1980s, they saw it as a temporary relocation. But as the couple's experiences on the farm multiplied they decided to hang on to their rural life as long as possible. Barbara Drake articulates the lessons she's learned from her long stint of country living in her new book, Morning Light. It is an appreciation and exploration...

Excerpt from Women in Trade UnionsThe following Report on Women in Trade Unions is the result of an Enquiry made by a joint-committee of the Labour Research Department and the Fabian Women's Group. The Report was unanimously adopted by the Committee, but the opinions expressed in it do not necessarily represent the views. Of the members, either individually or collectively, and only those of the writer. The thanks of the Committee are especial...