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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... Silver Act of 1873. Emery declared " the object of this act was first to prevent the payment of the bonds , and second to increase their value . " The demonetization increased the value of gold and bonds became payable in gold . Emery ...
... Silver Act of 1873. Emery declared " the object of this act was first to prevent the payment of the bonds , and second to increase their value . " The demonetization increased the value of gold and bonds became payable in gold . Emery ...
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... silver issue . According to that source , friends of the silver movement were divided into three groups . First , those who believed in bimetallism only after an international agreement accepting silver as a " primary money . " Second ...
... silver issue . According to that source , friends of the silver movement were divided into three groups . First , those who believed in bimetallism only after an international agreement accepting silver as a " primary money . " Second ...
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... silver issue . He argued for free silver and cleverly illustrated and dramatized his text as a " debate " between Coin and business and academic notables - so that his " school " had the appearance of being rational and persuasive and ...
... silver issue . He argued for free silver and cleverly illustrated and dramatized his text as a " debate " between Coin and business and academic notables - so that his " school " had the appearance of being rational and persuasive and ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
The Person in Her Time and Place | 7 |
Her Assault on the Economic Order | 31 |
Copyright | |
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