scholarly journals Out-of-Class Project: American Teachers' Summertime Activities, 1880s–1930s

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-35
Author(s):  
Christine A. Ogren
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
York State ◽  
Class Project ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chautauqua Institution ◽  
Previous Summer

In March 1887, Eva Moll wrote about the previous summer in her diary: “The season was fall of rich things of course. Heard some fine violin and harp playing by two Italians. I never expect to hear ‘Nearer my God to Thee’ sweeter on this earth, than it was played by the violinist. We first went to Niagara, visiting all the points.” Moll was not a wealthy person of leisure. She was a single Kansas schoolteacher in her late twenties who struggled to make ends meet, and yet had spent nine weeks at the quintessentially middle-class Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. A slice of my larger investigation of the history of teachers' “summers off,” this essay will explore the social-class dimensions of their summertime activities during a distinctive period for both the middle class and the teaching force in the United States, the decades of the 1880s through the 1930s.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Goodier ◽  
Karen Pastorello
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Woman Suffrage ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
York State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Turmoil

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the woman suffrage movement in New York. Across the seven decades between 1846, when a few Jefferson County women publicly claimed the right to vote, and the passage of the New York State referendum in 1917, thousands of women—and some resolute men—engaged in the irrepressible fight for woman suffrage. The movement crossed class, race, ethnic, gender, and religious boundaries during periods of great upheaval in the United States. At the same time, the movement itself caused social and political turmoil. Three generations of New York State women fought a complicated, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately rewarding battle to obtain the right to vote. In the process, women opened for themselves new opportunities in the social and political spheres.

Inventing the Woman Voter: Suffrage, Ability, and Patents

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-574
Author(s):  
Kara W. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
New York State ◽  
The United States ◽  
York State ◽  
Feminist History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common

AbstractIn 1870, the New York State Suffrage Association published a pamphlet titled “Woman as Inventor.” White suffragists distributed this history of female invention to prove women's inventiveness, countering arguments that biological disabilities justified women's legal disabilities. In the United States, inventiveness was linked to the capacity for original thought considered crucial for voters, making female inventiveness relevant to the franchise. As women could and did receive patents, activists used them as government certification of female ability. By publicizing female inventors, counting patents granted to women, and displaying women's inventions, they sought to overturn the common wisdom that women could not invent and prove that they had the ability to vote. Although partially successful, these efforts left undisturbed the equally common assertion that African Americans could not invent. White suffragists kept the contemporary Black woman inventor invisible, relegating the technological creations of women of color to a primitive past. White suffragists created a feminist history of invention, in words and objects, that reinforced white supremacy—another erasure of Black women, whose activism white suffragists were eager to harness, yet whose public presence they sought to minimize in order to keep the woman voter, like the woman inventor, presumptively white.

The History of Public Welfare in New York State, 1867-1940

1942 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Samuel McCune Lindsay ◽  
David M. Schneider ◽  
Albert Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
York State ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Primary and Secondary Health Impacts of COVID-19 among Minority Individuals in New York State

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 683
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Clay ◽  
Stephanie Rogus
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
New York State ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
York State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

In addition to the direct health impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic disrupted economic, educational, healthcare, and social systems in the US. This cross-sectional study examined the primary and secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among low-income and minority groups in New York State using the social determinants of health framework. New Yorkers were recruited to complete a web-based survey through Qualtrics. The survey took place in May and June 2020 and asked respondents about COVID-19 health impacts, risk factors, and concerns. Chi-square analysis examined the health effects experienced by race and ethnicity, and significant results were analyzed in a series of logistic regression models. Results showed disparities in the primary and secondary impacts of COVID-19. The majority of differences were reported between Hispanic and white respondents. The largest differences, in terms of magnitude, were reported between other or multiracial respondents and white respondents. Given the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 on minority populations, improved policies and programs to address impacts on lower-paying essential jobs and service positions could reduce exposure risks and improve safety for minority populations. Future research can identify the long-term health consequences of the pandemic on the social determinants of health among populations most at risk.

Design of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston D. Vineyard ◽  
Brad J. Pease ◽  
Don Bergman ◽  
Armin Schemmann ◽  
Jacob E. Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Service Life ◽  
New York State ◽  
Hudson River ◽  
York State ◽  
Class Project ◽  
World Class ◽  
Service Life Design ◽  
Life Design ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridges

<p>The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge has replaced the existing Tappan Zee Bridge in New York. The new bridge was built by Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC. and is owned and operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA). The new bridge is a 3.1 mile long crossing of the Hudson River and has an iconic main span structure, consisting of twin cable-stayed bridges, with 1,200’ main spans and 515’ side spans. Each new bridge carries four traffic lanes and the new crossing has been designed to accommodate the future addition of a rail bridge between the roadway decks. Utilizing a probabilistic-based service life design approach, the new bridge has been designed for a minimum 100-year service life before major maintenance for non- replaceable components, such as the foundations, sub-and superstructures. This paper provides the design features of the main span bridge and describes the design solutions, such as the use of fib Bulletin No. 34 to address the Service Life Design of the concrete components to address the durability challenges of this world- class project.</p>

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