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The dollar store is one of many business models given to us by the South, like Walmart but far more modest and even cheaper. Dollar General began in 1939 in Scottsville, Kentucky, as J. L. Turner and Son. In the mid-’50s its name was changed to Dollar General, and in 1968 the company went public. Family Dollar is younger. It was founded in 1959 in
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
as mulheres serem de fato bem-vindas ao mercado de trabalho, como burras de carga descartáveis, sem sindicatos, com baixos salários e restritas a um gueto de funções “femininas”.
Naomi Wolf • O mito da beleza: Como as imagens de beleza são usadas contra as mulheres (Portuguese Edition)
some small plump brownish person of firm but quiet carriage, who looks about her, but does not suppose that anybody is looking at her. If she has a broad face and square brow, well-marked eyebrows and curly dark hair, a certain expression of amusement in her glance which her mouth keeps the secret of, and for the rest features entirely insignifican
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch
Tenants who fell behind either had to accept unpleasant, degrading, and sometimes dangerous housing conditions or be evicted. But from a business point of view, this arrangement could be lucrative. The four-family property that included Doreen’s and Lamar’s apartments was Sherrena’s most profitable. Her second-most profitable property was Arleen’s
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Early Women Writers
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