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1. The Column Mother: Nancy Brown

Author

Funderburg, J. Anne

Subjects
Brown, Nancy, Advice columnists -- Biography, History
Abstract

For more than 20 years, Nancy Brown helped anonymous readers of The Detroit News with their most personal problems, offering her wisdom in a column called 'Experience.'Before long, Brown's 'columnites' [...]

Published
2022

2. ANATOMY OF AN AUTHOR: John Voelker's Legal and Literary Career

Author

Funderburg, J. Anne

Subjects
Michigan. Supreme Court, Anatomy of a Murder (Motion picture), Attorneys, Best sellers, Career opportunity, History
Abstract

Lawyer, writer, and outdoorsman John Voelker lived a quiet life in the Upper Peninsula--until a shocking court case changed the course of his life and career. By using his experience [...]

Published
2021

3. 'The Real McCoy': MICHIGAN'S ELIJAH McCOY

Author

Funderburg, J. Anne

Subjects
Race discrimination, Engineers, African Americans, Discrimination, Slavery, Coins, Patents, History
Abstract

In the 1800s, the United States offered few opportunities for African-American engineers and inventors. But Elijah McCoy did not let racial discrimination stop him. Working in a small machine shop [...]

Published
2019

4. Michigan's rum rebellion

Author

Funderburg, J. Anne

Subjects
Wine making -- Laws, regulations and rules, Prohibition, Police officers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, History
Abstract

On Valentine's Day 1920, less than a month after Prohibition began, a raid to enforce the Volstead Act ignited a firestorm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. State constables raided three houses [...]

Published
2016

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