More than petticoats : remarkable Florida women

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

More than petticoats : remarkable Florida women

Entry/Object ID

Library.2051

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Description

xi, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. More than petticoats : remarkable Florida women by E. Lynne Wright. Summary: Title celebrates the women who shaped the Sunshine State. Short,biographies, archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of 15 women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Local interest: : Mary McLeod Bethune -- Eartha White -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings More than Petticoats: Remarkable Florida Women profiles the lives of fifteen of the state's most important historical figures-women from across Florida, from many different backgrounds and 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 resonate today."-- Back cover. Contents: Malee Francis : Florida's Pocahontas -- Bertha Honoré Palmer : diamonds and cattle ranches -- Julia Tuttle : mother of Miami -- Mary McLeod Bethune : daughter of slaves, advisor to presidents -- Harriet Bedell : white sister of the Seminoles -- Eartha M.M. White : angel of mercy -- Marjory Stoneman Douglas : mother of the Everglades -- Zora Neale Hurston : a genius of the South -- Helen Hunt West : lawyer, journalist, feminist -- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings : Pulitzer Prize winner at Cross Creek -- Jacqueline Cochran : flying high -- Frances Langford : sweetheart of World War II.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955., White, Eartha Mary Magdeline, 1876-1974., Hurston, Zora Neale., Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953., Women -- Florida -- Biography.

Publication Details

Author

Wright, E. Lynne, 1931-

Edition

Second edition

Publisher

Globe Pequot Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Guilford, Conn.

Call No.

CT 3260 .W75 2010

ISBN

9780762758654