Month: December 2018

Celebrate National Write a Business Plan Month this December

| By Gale Staff | WHY WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN? Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only nonprofit organization made up of promising young entrepreneurs, explain why a business plan is still important in this Small Business Trends’ article. “…I credit my business plan for helping me understand a brand-new industry in an … Read more

11 Primary Source Documents to Mark the Anniversary of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

One hundred and five years ago today thousands of women and men gathered in Washington D.C. for the Woman Suffrage Procession–one day ahead of the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. The event was organized by an unrelenting hero of the suffrage movement, Alice Paul, who continued to fight for women’s rights her entire life going as far as being incarcerated for her civil disobedience and militant tactics.

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Citizens Library and City Mission Partner to Bring Gale Courses to Residents

| By Sydney Fairman | City Mission, a local non-profit dedicated to helping restore independent living to the homeless, has partnered with Citizens Library to help their residents gain career insight and professional skills. One of the aspects driving the partnership is Gale Courses. Offered at Citizen’s Library, Gale Courses gives community members free, easy … Read more

Inside Gale’s “Western Books on Southeast Asia” Collection

| By Sydney Fairman | The Gale Archives Unbound collection titled “Western Books on Southeast Asia” brings together nearly three hundred years of writings by travelers from Europe to Southeast Asia.  These publications range from official reports of government sponsored expeditions to personal journals of people travelling through the region on business or pleasure. Dating … Read more