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

Informationen zum Autor By Emilee Hines Klappentext How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Old Dominion. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.Discover fifteen extraordinary women from Virginia's past, including Pocahontas, Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, travel writer Anne Newport Royall, pioneering banker Maggie Lena Walker, Civil War spies Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew, and poet Anne Spencer. Zusammenfassung How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters! Wives! Sisters! and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Old Dominion. The lives of female teachers! writers! entrepreneurs! and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPocahontasAmerica's PrincessMartha WashingtonThe First First LadyElizabeth Henry RussellMadame RussellDolley MadisonAmerica's HostessAnne Newport RoyallTravel WriterPriscilla Cooper TylerFrom Actress to Acting First LadyBelle Boyd and Elizabeth Van LewVirginia's Lady SpiesMaggie Lena WalkerBanker and PhilanthropistEdith Bolling WilsonActing PresidentEllen GlasgowBest-selling AuthorNancy Langhorne AstorMember of ParliamentAnne SpencerHeaven's VirginiaLucy Randolph MasonLabor OrganizerBibliographyIndex

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hines, Emilee Hines, Hines Emilee
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.11.2015
• EAN: 9781493016051
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-1605-1
• Pages: 208
• Thèmes: Remarkable American Women; More Than Petticoats; More Than Petticoats; Remarkable American Women
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires; Virginia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Women, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls