Library Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
122MP |
ISBN |
0-7627-1123-X |
Object Name |
Book, Commonplace |
Author |
L.E. Bragg |
Title |
More Than Petticoats; Remarkable Idaho Women |
Summary |
This book tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of thirteen pioneering women, all born after 1900, who made a profund impact on Idah. Meet Sacajawea, Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide; Jo Monagahan, who lived as a man for ndearly forty years; Margaret Cobb Ailshie, who ran Idaho's biggest newspaper; Dr. Minnie Howard, one of Idaho's first pioneer woman doctors; and Nell Shipman, an actress, writer, and early filmmaker. Each woman in her own way displayed remarkable courage, hope, and love during a time when Idaho was still an untamed frontier. Read about their exceptional lives in this collection of absorbing biographies. |
Series |
More Than Petticoats |
Publisher |
The Globe Pequot Press |
Published Date |
2001 |
Published Place |
Guilford, Connecitut |
Language |
English |
Search Terms |
Books Homesteading Idaho City Pioneers Artists Medical Equipment Medicinal plants |
People |
Sacajawea Monaghan, Jo Ailshie, Margaret Cobb Howard, Minnie Shipman, Nell |
Subjects |
Books Cowgirls Cowboys Actresses Expeditions & surveys Guides & scouts History Idaho Indians of North America Medical education Newsrooms Newspapers Pioneers Writers Women |