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12. America's First Diplomat

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Diplomats -- Appreciation, History
Abstract

Benjamin Franklin once promised, 'I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.' Over the course of a long life in public service, he certainly lived up to [...]

Published
2017

13. The war's pull

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Military policy -- Foreign policy, World War I, 1914-1918, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, President of the United States -- Foreign policy -- Military policy, German foreign relations -- Military aspects, History
Abstract

Americans read all about the horrible fighting in the Great War in 1914. Their location safely on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, however, allowed them to keep their [...]

Published
2017

14. A school with vision

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
History, Perkins School for the Blind -- History
Abstract

By the time Helen Keller arrived at the Perkins Institution in the 1880s, the school had changed its name and location a few times. Today, it is known as the [...]

Published
2017

15. People with disabilities ... and you

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
History
Abstract

'Alone we can do so little; Together we can do so much.' --Helen Keller A century ago, people who were disabled were not given the chance to live as fully [...]

Published
2017

16. Come to the fair!

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 -- Appreciation, History
Abstract

New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C., all wanted to host the next world's fair. When Congress decided in favor of Chicago, city leaders were determined to make it as [...]

Published
2017

18. An overview of clock synchronization

Author

Simons, Barbara, Goos, G., editor, Hartmanis, J., editor, Barstow, D., editor, Brauer, W., editor, Brinch Hansen, P., editor, Gries, D., editor, Luckham, D., editor, Moler, C., editor, Pnueli, A., editor, Seegmüller, G., editor, Stoer, J., editor, Wirth, N., editor, Simons, Barbara, editor, and Spector, Alfred, editor

Published
1990
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19. Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Publisher

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Slavery -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, History
Abstract

In the decades before the Civil War (1861-1865), the issue of slavery divided the nation. In the North, free black Americans could live and work. But some of those states [...]

Published
2018

20. Sarah Josepha Hale: Editor

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Hale, Sarah Josepha -- Biography, Thanksgiving Day -- History, Godey's Lady's Book (Periodical) -- History, Editors -- Biography, History
Abstract

Long before Vogue or Glamour caught women's attention, Godey's Lady's Book introduced the latest fashions. The magazine also gave readers a look at the world beyond their homes. Sarah Josepha [...]

Published
2018

21. Never forget

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Salem, Massachusetts -- Description and travel -- History, Salem Witch Trials, 1692, Witchcraft -- History, Witches -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, History
Abstract

Six towering locust trees shade a small square park in Salem. It is located near a historic cemetery and a block away from bustling downtown shops. As you step across [...]

Published
2016

24. City on fire

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Chicago, Illinois -- History, Chicago Fire, 1871, Fires -- History -- Illinois, History
Abstract

For years, legends blamed Mrs. O'Leary's cow, Daisy, for starting Chicago's Great Fire of 1871. The story was that Daisy kicked over a lantern in her stall, setting the straw [...]

Published
2017

29. Computerized Voting Machines: A View from the Trenches

Author

Simons, Barbara, Hutchison, David, editor, Kanade, Takeo, editor, Kittler, Josef, editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., editor, Mattern, Friedemann, editor, Mitchell, John C., editor, Naor, Moni, editor, Nierstrasz, Oscar, editor, Pandu Rangan, C., editor, Steffen, Bernhard, editor, Sudan, Madhu, editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, editor, Tygar, Dough, editor, Vardi, Moshe Y., editor, Weikum, Gerhard, editor, di Vimercati, Sabrina de Capitani, editor, Syverson, Paul, editor, and Gollmann, Dieter, editor

Published
2005
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33. An American renaissance

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 -- Social aspects -- Influence, Architects -- Works -- Social aspects, History
Abstract

'Look at me!' That's what the United States was saying with the World's Columbian Exposition. At a gathering of painters and sculptors during the planning of the fair, someone observed [...]

Published
2009

34. A product of argument and compromise

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Legislative bodies as courts -- Powers and duties -- United States, Legislative bodies -- Powers and duties -- United States, Courts -- Powers and duties -- United States, United States Constitution
Abstract

The men who wrote the U.S. Constitution had various goals, and they disagreed about many of them. They wanted a strong national leader, but not a king. They wanted laws […]

Published
2003

36. America's First Diplomat

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks and Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Statesmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
Abstract

Do you know who Benjamin Franklin is? You might know him as the scientist who discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite during a storm! Did you know he was a founding father of the United States? He made many efforts to the Revolutionary War and the construction of the United States government. Learn about all the political contributions he made that helped create the United States!

Published
2019

39. Gender Differences and Performance in Science

Author

Muller, Carol B., Ride, Sally M., Fouke, Janie, Whitney, Telle, Denton, Denice D., Cantor, Nancy, Nelson, Donna J., Plummer, Jim, Busch-Vishniac, Ilene, Meyers, Carolyn, Rosser, Sue V., Schiebinger, Londa, Roberts, Eric, Burgess, David, Beeson, Craig, Metz, Susan Staffin, Sanders, Lucinda, Watford, Bevlee A., Ivey, Elizabeth S., Fox, Mary Frank, Wettack, Sheldon, Klawe, Maria, Wulf, William A., Girgus, Joan, Leboy, Phoebe S., Babco, Eleanor L., Shanahan, Betty, Didion, Catherine, Chubin, Daryl E., Frize, Monique, Ganter, Susan L., Nalley, E. Ann, Franz, Judy, Abruña, Héctor D., Strober, Myra H., Daniels, Jane Zimmer, Carter, Emily A., Rhodes, Jean H., Schrijver, Iris, Zakian, Virginia A., Simons, Barbara, Martin, Ursula, Boaler, Jo, Jolluck, Katherine Rose, Mankekar, Purnima, Gray, Robert M., Conkey, Margaret W., Stansky, Peter, Xie, Aihua, Martin, Pino, Miller, Jo Anne, Thornton, Amelia Tess, LaPaugh, Andrea, Rhode, Deborah L., Gelpi, Barbara C., Harrold, Mary Jean, Spencer, Cherrill M., Ellis, Carla Schlatter, Lord, Susan, Quinn, Helen, Murnane, Margaret, Jones, Patricia P., Hellman, Frances, Wight, Gail, O'Hara, Ruth, Pickering, Mary, Sheppard, Sheri, Leith, David, Paytan, Adina, Sommer, Matthew H., Shafer, Audrey, Grusky, David, Yennello, Sherry, Madan, Ashima, Johnson, Denise L., Yanagisako, Sylvia, Chou-Green, Jennifer M., and Robinson, Sandra

Published
2005

40. Dreaming of the White City

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Chicago, Illinois -- Fairs and festivals -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, History
Abstract

When Congress announced that Chicago would be the site of the World's Columbian Exposition, many people were surprised and disappointed. This world s fair was to celebrate the 400th anniversary [...]

Published
2009

41. Building a research agenda

Author

Simons, Barbara

Subjects
Research and development, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Technology -- Usage -- Research, Computer industry -- Research -- Usage, Computer science -- Research -- Usage, Industrial research -- Usage -- Research
Abstract

How do we determine a research agenda? The following list describes different strategies for determining a computing research agenda. The first three are already represented by existing programs, examples of […]

Published
1991

42. Letters

Author

Redish, K.A., White, John R., Oliver, S. Ron, Simons, Barbara, Peckham, Leslie A., Spafford, Eugene, Grudin, Jonathan, and Nelson, Dave

Abstract

ACM FORUM In Defense of the 1989 Turing Award In the ACM News for January 1990 (Communications, p. 89), it was reported that William M. Kahan is the recipient of […]

Published
1990

43. ACM Forum

Author

Stowell, Bruce, Simons, Barbara, Ramaley, James F., Blum, Bruce I., Gladney, H.M., Rinehart, Martin L., Wagner, F., Thornley, David H., and Coven, H. Justin

Abstract

Operationalizableness In 'Investigating the Effects of Color,' by Ellen D. Hoadley [Communications, February 1990, pp. 120-25), I find '. . . this study has operationalized [sic] color . . . […]

Published
1990

44. Statewide databases of registered voters

Author

Hawthorn, Paula, Simons, Barbara, Clifton, Chris, Wagner, David, Bellovin, Steven M., Wright, Rebecca N., Rosenthal, Arnon, Poore, Ralph Spenser, Coney, Lillie, Gellman, Robert, and Hochheiser, Harry

Subjects
Help America Vote Act of 2002, Company systems management, Voter registration -- Information management, Election law
Published
2006

47. Exile in the wilderness: Anne Hutchinson in Rhode Island

Author

Simons, Barbara Brooks

Subjects
Massachusetts, Williams, Roger (American government official) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hutchinson, Anne
Abstract

No one who disagreed with church officials was welcome in Massachusetts Bay. Two years before Anne Hutchinson's trial, Roger Williams, a minister in Salem, Massachusetts, had been banished for his […]

Published
2003

50. Scheduling sequential loops on parallel processors

Author

Munshi, Ashfaq A., Simons, Barbara, Goos, G., editor, Hartmanis, J., editor, Barstow, D., editor, Brauer, W., editor, Brinch Hansen, P., editor, Gries, D., editor, Luckham, D., editor, Moler, C., editor, Pnueli, A., editor, Seegmüller, G., editor, Stoer, J., editor, Wirth, N., editor, Houstis, E. N., editor, Papatheodorou, T. S., editor, and Polychronopoulos, C. D., editor

Published
1988
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