Oveta Culp Hobby - Colonel, Cabinet Member, Philanthropist

Informationen zum Autor Debra L. Winegarten is a freelance writer whose previous books include There’s Jews in Texas?, Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl, and Strong Family Ties: The Tiny Hawkins Story. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she teaches sociology at a local university. Klappentext This young adult biography introduces middle school readers to a remarkable woman who founded the Women¿s Army Corps, served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ran a media empire that included the Houston Post newspaper and radio and TV s Zusammenfassung This young adult biography introduces middle school readers to a remarkable woman who founded the Women’s Army Corps, served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ran a media empire that included the Houston Post newspaper and radio and TV s Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter OneGrowing up in Killeen, TexasChapter TwoPolitics and the Texas Legislature: ParliamentarianChapter ThreeMarriage and FamilyChapter FourOveta Joins the ArmyChapter FiveThe Women’s Army Auxiliary CorpsChapter SixThe Little ColonelChapter SevenRunning the Houston PostChapter EightMrs. Secretary and the Polio EpidemicChapter NineRetirement and PhilanthropyChapter TenOveta’s LegacyTime LineNotesGlossarySelected Websites and ResourcesSelected BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Debra L. Winegarten
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2014
• EAN: 9780292722682
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72268-2
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series; Louann Atkins Temple Women & C; Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series; Louann Atkins Temple Women & C
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies