E-Book, Englisch, 64 Seiten
Mitchell Shoes for Everyone
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7613-9095-4
Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A Story about Jan Matzeliger
E-Book, Englisch, 64 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-7613-9095-4
Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.