Shoes for Everyone by Barbara Mitchell

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Shoes for Everyone by Barbara Mitchell

Jan Matzeliger felt anything but welcome in Philadelphia in 1873. As well as being a foreigner, Jan was half African American, which meant that most doors were closed to him. Although the Civil War had been over for nearly ten years, inequality for African Americans still persisted in its aftermath. However, Jan refused to let prejudice keep him from achieving his dream of making a shoe-lasting machine to replace the tedious, time-consuming hand sewing that held up shoe manufacturing processes in his day.

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ISBN 13 9780876142905
ISBN 10 0876142900
Title Shoes for Everyone
Author Barbara Mitchell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Year published 1988-04-01
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.