Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Tucker, Sophie, -- 1884-1966; Calhoun, John C. -- 1782-1850; Singers -- United States -- Biography; Nullification (States' rights); South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
Genres: Biography
Other titles: January 13
Description: Features a biographical sketch of Sophie Tucker, a U.S. singer and an immigrant from Russia in the early 1900s. Depicts her career as an entertainer at Hartford, Conn., her journey to New York to become a successful professional entertainer, and her involvement in charity to raise four million dollars for servicemen during World War I. Also discusses President Andrew Jackson's opposition to South Carolina's nullification of a federal tariff that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: The last of the red hot mamas; title: The nullification crisis.