This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896), a musician of remarkable achievements.At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an important force in the musical world of her time. To show how Schumann surmounted the obstacles facing female artists in the nineteenth century, Nancy B. Reich has drawn on previously unexplored primary sources: unp...

She was one of the most feared enemies of the Third Reich—and one of the most extraordinary women of World War II.Before she became the legendary "Warlord of France," Nancy Wake was a rebellious young woman who refused to accept the rise of Nazi tyranny. What began as a witness to the horrors of fascism became a remarkable journey of courage, deception, and resistance that would place a five-million-franc bounty on her head and make her the Gestapo...

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to change—at the prospects and challenges that may be encountered, Harward and the collection of aut...