Grinnell's Entrepreneurial and Philanthropic Pioneer: A Biography of Claude W. Ahrens

Grinnell's Entrepreneurial and Philanthropic Pioneer: A Biography of Claude W. Ahrens
Author: Judith W. Hunter
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0557184436

A biography of the late Claude W. Ahrens, 1912-2000, Iowa entrepreneur and philanthropist who was a pioneer in the fields of agricultural and playground equipment manufacturing. As founder and owner of Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Claude was also an instrumental advocate for the national parks and recreation field. In 1993, Claude created a private foundation (the first of others to follow) and built one of the nation's premier private parks and sports complexes in memory of his late son and late family friend, located in Iowa. Claude's motto "Leave it better than you found it" is the motto of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation today.

According to Our Hearts

According to Our Hearts
Author: Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300166885

DIV This landmark book looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple in the United States today. According to Our Hearts begins with a look back at a 1925 case in which a two-month marriage ends with a man suing his wife for misrepresentation of her race, and shows how our society has yet to come to terms with interracial marriage. Angela Onwuachi-Willig examines the issue by drawing from a variety of sources, including her own experiences. She argues that housing law, family law, and employment law fail, in important ways, to protect multiracial couples. In a society in which marriage is used to give, withhold, and take away status—in the workplace and elsewhere—she says interracial couples are at a disadvantage, which is only exacerbated by current law. /div