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Happenstance

David Contosta

With the world inhibited by progressive thinkers dabbling in revolutionary ideas, amidst ‎political upheavals at one hand and technological advancements on the other, it is mindsets ‎that prove to be the stumbling blocks at every step, all the way.‎
New ideas that have the gravitas to usher change and progress are thwarted; women ‎are still second-class citizens, at the mercy of patriarchal hegemony; individual choices, not ‎conforming to set societal value systems, are frowned upon.‎
Amidst such a scenario, lone pioneers toil on, hoping that the fire that has just begun to ‎ignite in small clusters will spread one day, eventually effectuating a social as well as ‎intellectual revolution.‎
With this hope, Ellen and Jane fight their battles in their respective ways. Often, the ‎journey is a lonely one, both psychologically and practically. But they never let go, as they ‎belong to that special breed-the avant-guard

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ABOUT DAVID CONTOSTA


David Contosta has for many years been a professor ‎of history at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. He ‎is the author of some two dozen books, including ‎Rebel Giants: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham ‎Lincoln and Charles Darwin, America's Needless ‎Wars, The Private Life of James Bond, and a personal ‎memoir with his cousin Philip Hazelton entitled An ‎American Childhood. He has also co-produced, ‎written, and appeared in several documentary films. ‎Contosta lives at the edge of a former crossroads ‎village outside Philadelphia and is the father of three ‎daughters and two sons.‎