Virginia's Remarkable Women

Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History

von Emilee Hines

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Remarkable American Women
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen
• ISBN: 9781493016051
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2015
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot