More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Missouri Women

Informationen zum Autor Elaine Warner is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. In pursuit of stories, she has flown in balloons, helicopters, seaplanes, and gliders and eaten her way through a number of major American cities. She does, however, draw the line at bungee-jumping Klappentext Moving portraits of thirteen independent women who helped make Missouri what it is today More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Missouri Women profiles the lives of thirteen of the state's most important historical figures¿women from across Missouri, from many different backgrounds, and from various walks of life. With enduring strength and compassion, these remarkable women broke through social, cultural, or political barriers to make contributions to society that still have an impact today. Read about:Phoebe Couzins¿passionate advocate of the Women's Suffrage Movement and contradictory characterCathy Williams¿a female slave who went West in male disguise and became a Buffalo SoldierLaura Ingalls Wilder¿beloved American writer and famous pioneerJosephine Baker¿a diva ahead of her timeEach of these women demonstrated an independence of spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then. Read about their extraordinary lives in this captivating collection of biographies. Zusammenfassung More than Petticoats: Remarkable Missouri Women celebrates the women who shaped the Show-Me State. Short! illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers! writers! entrepreneurs! and artists.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Warner, Warner Elaine
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780762763979
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-6397-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: More Than Petticoats; More Than Petticoats Series; More Than Petticoats; More than Petticoats Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, HISTORY / United States / General, History of the Americas, MIDWEST;Missouri