Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson - First Women Governor of Texas

Informationen zum Autor JUDY ALTER of Fort Worth has written more than fifty books for children and adults. She is the author of the first two books in the Stars of Texas Series-Mirabeau B. Lamar: Second President of Texas and Henrietta King: Rancher and Philanthropist. Klappentext Miriam Ferguson was a quiet, private person who preferred to stay home in her big house in Temple, Texas, and take care of her husband, raise her two daughters, and tend to her flower garden. But in 1923 she was elected governor of Texas, the first women governor elected in the United States. Zusammenfassung Miriam Ferguson was a quiet! private person who preferred to stay home in her big house in Temple! Texas! and take care of her husband! raise her two daughters! and tend to her flower garden. But in 1923 she was elected governor of Texas! the first women governor elected in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Judy Alter, Judy/ Messersmith Alter
• Assisted by: Patrick Messersmith (Illustration)
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2006
• EAN: 9781933337012
• ISBN: 978-1-933337-01-2
• No. of pages: 71
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Stars of Texas; Stars of Texas
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies