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9780762743315

More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Michigan Women

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    9780762743315

  • ISBN10:

    076274331X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2007-06-01
  • Publisher: TwoDot
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Summary

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Michigan Women profiles the lives of twelve of the Wolverine State's greatest historical figures. The women you'll meet include Nancy Harkness Love, founder of Women's Air Force Service Pilots; abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist Laura Haviland; Civil War veteran Sara Emma Edmonds, soldier, nurse, and spy; and Magdaleine la Frambois, a Metis fur trader and business owner who played a significant role in establishing Macinac Island community.

Author Biography

Julia Pferdehirt is an author and professional storyteller. Her family roots are in Michigan, where she loves to return whether to retreat in the dunes or visit a daughter studying in Ann Arbor. She currently lives in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Mapp. viii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
Magdelaine LaFramboise, 1780-1846p. 1
Sojourner Truth, 1797-1883p. 12
Laura Smith Haviland, 1808-1898p. 23
Julia Wheelock Freeman, 1833-1900p. 34
Sarah Emma Edmonds, 1841-1898p. 45
Anna Howard Shaw, 1847-1919p. 56
Rebecca Shelley, 1887-1984p. 68
Ana Clemenc, 1888-1956p. 80
Marguerite Lofft de Angeli, 1889-1987p. 91
Gwen Frostic, 1906-2001p. 102
Rosa Parks, 1913-2005p. 114
Nancy Harkness Love, 1914-1977p. 126
Bibliographyp. 137
About the Authorp. 143
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