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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 »omen
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