| Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History Contributor(s): Hines, Emilee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1493016059 ISBN-13: 9781493016051 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015036269 |
| Series: Remarkable American Women |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |