Strength to Your Sword Arm

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ISBN: 9780930100506 | 0930100506
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1993

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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

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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