We the women : career firsts of nineteenth-century America /

Biographical sketches of American women who were the first females to work in their field ; including the first stockbroker, dentist and college professor.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Women > United States > Biography.
Femmes > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Women.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mary Ann Lee (ballerina)
  • Ann S. Stephens (author of Beadle dime novels)
  • Architects: Harriett Irwin ; Louise Bethune ; Sophia G. Hayden
  • Sarah G. Bagley (telegrapher)
  • Lucy Hobbs Taylor (dentist)
  • Ellen H. Richards (first woman graduate of M.I.T.)
  • Rebecca Rennell Dean (college professor)
  • Isabel C. Barrows (stenographic court reporter for Congressional committees)
  • Belva Ann Lockwood (U.S. Supreme Court)
  • Rebecca W. Lukens (iron plate rolling industry)
  • Victoria C. Woodhull (stockbroker)
  • Candace Wheeler (textiles and interior decoration).

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