Ellen's Broom Cover:Hardcover While her friends are looking

While her friends are looking at school catalogs and studying for entrance exams

She found herself asking

a time line

When her political science professor told her she should go into politics

Ellen's Broom Cover:Hardcover While her friends are lookingA young girl learns a new meaning for freedom during the time of Reconstruction Ellen always knew the broom resting above the hearth was special. Before it was legal for her mother and father to officially be married, the broom was what made them a family anyway. But now all former slaves who had already been married in their hearts could register as lawful husband and wife. When Ellen and her family make the long trip to the courthouse dressed in