More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women chronicles the stories of twelve Illinois women who lived in the era of True Womanhood and dedicated themselves to charity toward family and strangers. Unwittingly, these women forged a legacy that expanded well beyond Illinois' borders.
From First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's devotion to country to ballroom dancer Irene Castle's fight for animal rights, the women of Illinois acted with progressive vision.
Meet the wife of the Mormon Prophet, Emma Hale Smith, who challenged ideology; Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams , the model of usefulness; Myra Bradwell, considered America's first woman lawyer ; and African American entrepreneur Annie Minerva Malone, who built a beauty empire.
Born before the dawn of the twentieth century, the women herein paved the way for future generations. Author Lyndee Jobe Henderson presents absorbing biographies filled with rarely published details.
Christiana Holmes Tillson, 1796-1872 --
Anna Elizabeth Slough, c1800-1878 --
Emma Hale Smith, 1804-1879 --
Lydia Moss Bradley, 1816-1908 --
Candace McCormick Reed, 1818-1900 --
Mary Todd Lincoln, 1818-1882 --
Myra Bradwell, 1831-1894 --
Dr. Ella Flagg Young, 1845-1918 --
Jane Addams, 1860-1935 --
Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone, 1869-1957 --
Irene Castle, 1893-1969 --
Ruth Page, 1899-1991

Henderson, Lyndee Jobe

Falcon Publishing, Incorporated

Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot

Globe Pequot Press, The

Falcon Guides

More than petticoats series, 1st ed., Guilford, Conn, Connecticut, 2007

More than petticoats series, First edition, Guilford, Conn, 2007

United States, United States of America

First edition, November 1, 2006

1st, First Edition, PS, 2006

[curator]associate-francis-boyer@archive.org[/curator][date]20180319204916[/date]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-147).

<p>More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women profiles the lives of twelve of the Prairie State's most important historical figures born before 1900. With enduring strength and compassion, these remarkable women, each in her separate field, helped build the proud history of America's twenty-first state.</p>
<p>Anna Elizabeth Slough journeyed to Illinois when it was considered part of the untamed “Far West” and later ran her own hotel in Peoria. Myra Bradwell championed better working conditions and bravely paved the way for labor regulation. Jane Addams, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, spent her entire adult life educating and caring for Chicago's poor and downtrodden.</p>
<p>Each of these women demonstrated an independence of spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then. Read about their extraordinary lives in this captivating collection of biographies.</p>

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-147)
Christiana Holmes Tillson, 1796-1872 -- Anna Elizabeth Slough, c1800-1878 -- Emma Hale Smith, 1804-1879 -- Lydia Moss Bradley, 1816-1908 -- Candace McCormick Reed, 1818-1900 -- Mary Todd Lincoln, 1818-1882 -- Myra Bradwell, 1831-1894 -- Dr. Ella Flagg Young, 1845-1918 -- Jane Addams, 1860-1935 -- Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone, 1869-1957 -- Irene Castle, 1893-1969 -- Ruth Page, 1899-1991
Profiles the lives of twelve women born before 1900 who made significant contributions to the history and development of the state of Illinois
147 pages : 23 cm

2023-06-28