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More than Petticoats: Remarkable New York Women
More than Petticoats Remarkable New York Women
Author: Antonia Petrash
Presents the intriguing biographies of twelve exceptional women who made an impact not just on their home state, but on the nation and the world. —
  • Deborah Dunch Moody, a dangerous woman
  • Kateri Tekakwitha, the lily of the Mohawks
  • Sybil Ludington, the female Paul Revere
  • Emma Hart Willard, champion of education for w...  more »
  • Amelia Jenks Bloomer, the well-dressed suffragist
  • Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people
  • Emily Warren Roebling, an unlikely bridge builder
  • Katharine Bement Davis, prison reformer
  • Mary Burnett Talbert, advocate of equality
  • Sara Josephine Baker, champion of health care for children
  • Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, patron of American art
  • Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
ISBN-13: 9780762712236
ISBN-10: 0762712236
Publication Date: 12/1/2001
Pages: 192
Edition: First
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Publisher: TwoDot
Book Type: Paperback
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