Strength to Your Sword Arm
by Ueland, BrendaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-01-01
Publisher(s): Holy Cow Pr
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Summary
A collection of articles and essays offers the author's views of moral, social, and political issues of American life, portraits of some of her contemporaries, and discussions of feminist and spiritual matters and animal rights
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Minneapolis Scene | |
| What Makes a House Beautiful | p. 3 |
| My House on 44th Street | p. 4 |
| Remodeling My House and the Workmen | p. 7 |
| On Roses | p. 9 |
| Opening Day | p. 11 |
| A Baseball Game at Nicollet Park | p. 13 |
| The Best Boys | p. 16 |
| Minnesota vs Nebraska at Memorial Stadium | p. 18 |
| The Ice Follies | p. 21 |
| The Circus Unloading in the Meadow... | p. 23 |
| Elaine Norden and Women as Tycoons | p. 25 |
| Girls Working on the Railroad | p. 27 |
| Olden Times | p. 30 |
| Portraits | |
| Robert Penn Warren | p. 32 |
| Paul Robeson | p. 34 |
| John S. Pillsbury | p. 37 |
| Colonel Ole Reistad | p. 39 |
| Countess Mary (Part I and Part II) | p. 43 |
| Carl Sandburg | p. 47 |
| Officer Joe Ryan | p. 50 |
| Dr. Francis Bull | p. 52 |
| Dr. Piet Kolthoff | p. 56 |
| Dr. William O'Brien | p. 59 |
| Kate Tucker | p. 62 |
| Kieth Emery | p. 65 |
| My Brother Torvald (Part I and Part II) | p. 68 |
| Mr. Bruce Carlson of The Schubert Club | p. 75 |
| Children | |
| Children: How to Be Good to Them | p. 80 |
| Discipline and Children | p. 82 |
| On Scolding Children | p. 85 |
| Until All Teachers Are Angels | p. 88 |
| There is No Resting Place Down Here | p. 89 |
| Parents Must Be More Fun | p. 91 |
| My Advice to a Boy of 18 | p. 94 |
| Gaby, Sandra and Graduation | p. 96 |
| Feminism | |
| The Regrettable Herd Instinct | p. 105 |
| A History of Women | p. 108 |
| 20 Million Hunters: An Aspect of Feminism | p. 118 |
| Fat and Thin Women | p. 124 |
| Abortion | p. 132 |
| On Prostitution | p. 135 |
| Fallen Women | p. 138 |
| Animals | |
| My Dear, Dear Cat Friends | p. 141 |
| Florence Murphy and Sam | p. 147 |
| Pogo | p. 148 |
| Lion Farm | p. 149 |
| Report on the Poor Animals | p. 151 |
| Bullfighting and Rodeo Riders | p. 155 |
| The Least of These | p. 157 |
| "Humane" Societies | p. 160 |
| The Victims | p. 163 |
| The Medical Scientist's Worst Enemy | p. 168 |
| Fireflies | p. 173 |
| How to Cut the Throat Properly | p. 175 |
| Speculations: Spiritual and Philosophical | |
| What Do I Believe? | p. 178 |
| Walter Russell, the Sculptor | p. 180 |
| Dr. Henry M. Simmons | p. 182 |
| Monsignor Fulton Sheen | p. 187 |
| Scandinavian-American Banquet and Kierkegaard | p. 190 |
| The Art Institute Show | p. 193 |
| One of the Very Few Masculine Feminists | p. 196 |
| Different Ways of Praying | p. 198 |
| Well-Being | |
| On Making Choices | p. 200 |
| Tell Me More | p. 205 |
| On Using New Words | p. 211 |
| On Fighting and Bravery | p. 213 |
| Being an Optimist | p. 216 |
| On Drinking, Nags, and Scolds | p. 218 |
| Why Men are Cross When They Come Home | p. 220 |
| Confessions of a Badly Dressed Woman | p. 223 |
| Confessions of a Secret Teetotaller | p. 227 |
| On Two Kinds of Moderation | p. 234 |
| New Year's Resolution | p. 235 |
| A Spree on Gasoline | p. 237 |
| On Running Up Pike's Peak | p. 240 |
| My Failure at Pike's Peak | p. 243 |
| On Walking | p. 246 |
| Bill Roessler and How to Walk, Dance | p. 248 |
| Every Fine Garden Had Such Things | p. 251 |
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