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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning historian and author of Revolutionary Mothers (“Incisive, thoughtful, spiced with vivid anecdotes. Don’t miss it.”—Thomas Fleming) and Civil War Wives (“Utterly fresh . . . Sensitive, poignant, thoroughly fascinating.”—Jay Winik), here is the remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose...
Author
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Finding Charity's Folk highlights the experiences of enslaved women who negotiated for their own freedom, many of whom have been largely lost to historical records. Based on more than fifteen hundred manumission records and historical documents from a diversity of archives, Jessica Millward's book skillfully brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre. Millward opens with...
Author
Language
English
Description
The daring women of Maryland made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes. Sarah Wilson escaped indentured servitude in Frederick by impersonating the queen's sister. In Cumberland, Sallie Pollock smuggled letters for top Confederate officials. Baltimore journalist Marguerite Harrison sneaked into Russia to report conditions there after World War I. From famous figures like Harriet Tubman to unsung heroines like "Lady...
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Language
English
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Learn about eighteen of Maryland's most influential and courageous women, past and present. Ideal for the classroom, this educational book offers brief biographies and commentary on poet Lucille Clifton; politicians Helen Delich Bentley, Barbara Mikulski, and Verda Welcome; photojournalist Sadie Kneller Miller; fashion designer Claire McCardell; and art collectors the Cone sisters. This book takes a look at each woman's achievements and the courageous...
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