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Virginia's Remarkable Women

Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History
  • ISBN-13: 9781493016051
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: GLOBE PEQUOT
  • By Emilee Hines
  • Price: AUD $34.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2016
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]
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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.
Acknowledgments Introduction Pocahontas America's Princess Martha Washington The First First Lady Elizabeth Henry Russell Madame Russell Dolley Madison America's Hostess Anne Newport Royall Travel Writer Priscilla Cooper Tyler From Actress to Acting First Lady Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew Virginia's Lady Spies Maggie Lena Walker Banker and Philanthropist Edith Bolling Wilson Acting President Ellen Glasgow Best-selling Author Nancy Langhorne Astor Member of Parliament Anne Spencer Heaven's Virginia Lucy Randolph Mason Labor Organizer Bibliography Index
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