Nevada''s Remarkable Women Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History

Informationen zum Autor By Jan Cleere Klappentext This book presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons, on temperamental mules, and in early Motel Ts to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering uncharted ground. Meet Ferminia Sarras, a Nicaraguan immigrant with four young daughters who arrived in Nevada in the early 1800s determined to seek her fortune as a miner . . . and succeeded; Dat so la lee, a Washoe Indian renowned for her basket-weaving artistry whose work is today preserved in museums; and Anne Henrietta Martin, a lifelong suffragette who fought for women's rights and was instrumental in securing the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Zusammenfassung More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Nevada Women presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women! all born before 1900! who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons! on temperamental mules! and in early Model Ts to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records! hearts! and rules while conquering uncharted ground.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cleere, Jan Cleere, Cleere Jan
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2015
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte
• EAN: 9781493015832
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-1583-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 208
• Serie: Remarkable American Women; More Than Petticoats; More Than Petticoats; Remarkable American Women
• Themen: Nevada; HISTORY / United States / General; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General; History of the Americas