More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women

by Karras, Christy

• ISBN13: 9780762749010
• ISBN10: 0762749016
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-19
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Utah offers a paradox in women's historya state founded by polygamists who offered women early suffrage and encouraged career education in the nineteenth century.More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Womentells the stories of twelve strong and determined women who broke through the social, cultural, or political barriers of the day. The women in these pages include Emmeline B. Wells (18281921), president of the Mormon women's Relief Society, editor ofExponent, and president of the Woman Suffrage Association of Utah; and Reva Beck Bosone (18951983), Utah Congresswoman and the state's first female judge, who voted against the formation of the CIA and was smeared in the anti-communism crusade of 1950s. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in women's studies, history, and the story of Utah.

Author Biography

Christy Karras is a Salt Lake City-based journalist and freelance writer who has lived in Washington, D.C., Oregon, and England, but whose love of the outdoors always draws her back to Utah.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Pioneer Midwife	p. 1
Poet and Priestess	p. 10
Advocate for Equality	p. 21
Journalist and Activist	p. 32
Author and Crusader	p. 41
Wife No. 19	p. 52
Enterprising Madam	p. 63
Doctor and Political Leader	p. 74
Utah's Silver Queen	p. 83
The Original Peter Pan	p. 93
Wild West Sisters	p. 105
Lawyer, Judge, Congresswoman	p. 119
Historian Who Sought the Truth	p. 130
Bibliography	p. 143
Index	p. 149
About the Author	p. 158
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