Virginia Hamilton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4506500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Hamilton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamilton |
| SIGNATURE | HAMILTON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Looking for Clark Gable and Other 20th-Century Pursuits
Reared amid liberal intellectuals and writers in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Great Depression, the author anticipated that, like her Wellesley-educated mother, her destiny would be that of full-time wife and homemaker. Instead, World War II afforded her the opportunity to become a girl reporter, a career hitherto closed to all but a few women. Her journalistic beat included not only Alabama but also Washington, D.C., the nation's nerve center…
Armed with the Constitution
Journal Article Armed with the Constitution: Jehovah's Witnesses in Alabama and the U.S. Supreme Court, 1939–1946. By Merlin Owen Newton. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995. xvi, 221 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8173-0736-2.) Get access Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Emerita, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American Hist…
Unheard Voices
The Life and Death of the Solid South
Lister Hill
Lister Hill
Journal Article Lister Hill: Statesman from the South. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. xv + 375 pp. $24.95.) Get access Larry G. Gerber Larry G. Gerber Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 658–659, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887972 Published: 01 September 1988
The Failure of the Southern Moderates
An Alabama Newspaper Tradition
Journal Article An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family. By Daniel Webster HoUis III. (University: University of Alabama Press, 1983. xiii + 193 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.) Get access Virginia V. Hamilton Virginia V. Hamilton University of Alabama, Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 4, March 198…
Hearts and Minds
In Defense of Order and Stability
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton, In Defense of Order and Stability: The Constitutional Philosophy of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, Reviews in American History, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 105-108
Justice William O. Douglas
Journal Article Justice William O. Douglas. By James C. Duram. (Boston: Twayne, 1981. 159 pp. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $12.95.) Get access Virginia V. Hamilton Virginia V. Hamilton University of Alabama, Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 2, September 1982, Pages 503–504, https://doi.org/10.2307/1893914 Published: 01 Septe…
Revolt Against Chivalry
Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women’s Campaign Against Lynching.." The Oral History Review, 8(1), pp. 100–101
Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights
Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights: Proceedings of the First Hugo Black Symposium on “The Bill of Rights and American Democracy Get access Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia, Editor, Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights: Proceedings of the First Hugo Black Symposium on “The Bill of Rights and American Democracy.” Birmingham, Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1978. xvii, 104 pp. $8.00. Michael R. Belknap Michael R. Belknap Assistant Professor of Histo…
Alabama
Alabama
Journal Article Alabama: A Bicentennial History. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (New York: Norton/American Association for State and Local History, 1977. xv + 189 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, suggestions for further reading, and index. $8.95.) Get access Allen J. Going Allen J. Going University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 1, June 1978, Pag…
Remember the Ladies
Hugo Black
Hugo Black: The Alabama Years and Mr. Justice Black and His Books Get access Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia, Hugo Black: The Alabama Years. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Louisiana State University Press, 1972. ix, 330 pp. $10.95.Meador Daniel J., Mr. Justice Black and His Books. Charlottesville, Virginia. The University Press of Virginia, 1974. x, 198 pp. $15.00. Michael E. Parrish Michael E. Parrish Associate Professor of History University of Califor…
Hugo Black
Hugo Black
Hugo Black
Journal Article Hugo Black: The Alabama Years. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972. ix + 330 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.95.) Get access William S. McFeely William S. McFeely Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 3, December 1972, Pages 754–756, https://doi.o…
Lister Hill
Journal Article Lister Hill: Statesman from the South. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. xv + 375 pp. $24.95.) Get access Larry G. Gerber Larry G. Gerber Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 658–659, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887972 Published: 01 September 1988
Hugo Black
Hugo Black
Hugo Black
Journal Article Hugo Black: The Alabama Years. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972. ix + 330 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.95.) Get access William S. McFeely William S. McFeely Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 3, December 1972, Pages 754–756, https://doi.o…
Remember the Ladies
Hugo Black
Hugo Black: The Alabama Years and Mr. Justice Black and His Books Get access Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia, Hugo Black: The Alabama Years. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Louisiana State University Press, 1972. ix, 330 pp. $10.95.Meador Daniel J., Mr. Justice Black and His Books. Charlottesville, Virginia. The University Press of Virginia, 1974. x, 198 pp. $15.00. Michael E. Parrish Michael E. Parrish Associate Professor of History University of Califor…
Alabama
Alabama
Journal Article Alabama: A Bicentennial History. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (New York: Norton/American Association for State and Local History, 1977. xv + 189 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, suggestions for further reading, and index. $8.95.) Get access Allen J. Going Allen J. Going University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 1, June 1978, Pag…
Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights
Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights: Proceedings of the First Hugo Black Symposium on “The Bill of Rights and American Democracy Get access Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia, Editor, Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights: Proceedings of the First Hugo Black Symposium on “The Bill of Rights and American Democracy.” Birmingham, Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1978. xvii, 104 pp. $8.00. Michael R. Belknap Michael R. Belknap Assistant Professor of Histo…
Revolt Against Chivalry
Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women’s Campaign Against Lynching.." The Oral History Review, 8(1), pp. 100–101
In Defense of Order and Stability
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton, In Defense of Order and Stability: The Constitutional Philosophy of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, Reviews in American History, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 105-108
Justice William O. Douglas
Journal Article Justice William O. Douglas. By James C. Duram. (Boston: Twayne, 1981. 159 pp. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $12.95.) Get access Virginia V. Hamilton Virginia V. Hamilton University of Alabama, Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 2, September 1982, Pages 503–504, https://doi.org/10.2307/1893914 Published: 01 Septe…
Hearts and Minds
An Alabama Newspaper Tradition
Journal Article An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family. By Daniel Webster HoUis III. (University: University of Alabama Press, 1983. xiii + 193 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.) Get access Virginia V. Hamilton Virginia V. Hamilton University of Alabama, Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 4, March 198…
Lister Hill
Journal Article Lister Hill: Statesman from the South. By Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. xv + 375 pp. $24.95.) Get access Larry G. Gerber Larry G. Gerber Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 658–659, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887972 Published: 01 September 1988
The Failure of the Southern Moderates
Lister Hill
The Life and Death of the Solid South
Unheard Voices
Armed with the Constitution
Journal Article Armed with the Constitution: Jehovah's Witnesses in Alabama and the U.S. Supreme Court, 1939–1946. By Merlin Owen Newton. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995. xvi, 221 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8173-0736-2.) Get access Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Emerita, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American Hist…
Looking for Clark Gable and Other 20th-Century Pursuits
Reared amid liberal intellectuals and writers in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Great Depression, the author anticipated that, like her Wellesley-educated mother, her destiny would be that of full-time wife and homemaker. Instead, World War II afforded her the opportunity to become a girl reporter, a career hitherto closed to all but a few women. Her journalistic beat included not only Alabama but also Washington, D.C., the nation's nerve center…
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