A Populist Assault: Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery on American Democracy, 1862-1895Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982 - 146 pages Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery, a Michigan woman transplanted from the Finger Lakes region of New York, was for many years a voice for Populism in the late 19th century. Emery was a woman who believed and acted on her beliefs that freedom and the flowering of the human potential should not five way to the demands of the "money power." |
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... facts . She only employed those facts or half- facts that supported her argument . For example , Emery claimed that banks garnered exorbitant interest on Civil War bonds . For proof she quoted Appleton's Cyclopedia of 1861. The date of ...
... facts . She only employed those facts or half- facts that supported her argument . For example , Emery claimed that banks garnered exorbitant interest on Civil War bonds . For proof she quoted Appleton's Cyclopedia of 1861. The date of ...
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... facts . Further , greenbacks were not accepted at par by foreign bankers who were also in thrall by the gold myth . Still further , these foreign bankers were sorely needed to help finance the Civil War and the postbellum expansion ...
... facts . Further , greenbacks were not accepted at par by foreign bankers who were also in thrall by the gold myth . Still further , these foreign bankers were sorely needed to help finance the Civil War and the postbellum expansion ...
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... facts was both unnecessary and detrimental to her cause . Indeed conspiracy may have , in fact , taken place , but Emery offered no conclusive proof . Many of the relevant economic facts , the " smoking gun , " she needed were buried in ...
... facts was both unnecessary and detrimental to her cause . Indeed conspiracy may have , in fact , taken place , but Emery offered no conclusive proof . Many of the relevant economic facts , the " smoking gun , " she needed were buried in ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
The Person in Her Time and Place | 7 |
Her Assault on the Economic Order | 31 |
Copyright | |
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