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Women in Missouri history : in search of power and influence /

"Women in Missouri History is a collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colonial settlement through the mid-twentieth century. The women featured in these essays come from various ethnic, economic, and racial groups, from both urban and ru...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Whites, LeeAnn, Neth, Mary, Kremer, Gary R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • French Women in Colonial Missouri, 1750-1805 / Susan Calafate Boyle
  • Esther and Her Sisters : Free Women of Color as Property Owners in Colonial St. Louis, 1765-1803 / Judith A. Gilbert
  • German-Speaking Women in Nineteenth-Century Missouri : The Immigrant Experience / Linda Schelbitzki Pickle
  • "May We as One Family Live in Peace and Harmony" : Relations between Mistresses and Slave Women in Antebellum Missouri / Diane Mutti Burke
  • City Sisters : The Sisters of St. Joseph in Missouri, 1836-1920 / Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith
  • The Tale of Two Minors : Women's Rights on the Border / LeeAnn Whites
  • The Changing Role of Protection on the Border : Gender and the Civil War in Saline County / Rebekah Weber Bowen
  • Her Will against Theirs : Eda Hickam and the Ambiguity of Freedom in Postbellum Missouri / Kimberly Schreck
  • Sedalia's Ladies of the Evening : Prostitution and Class in a Nineteenth-Century Railroad Town / Rhonda Chalfant
  • Domestic Drudges to Dazzling Divas : The Origins of African American Beauty Culture in St. Louis, 1900-1930 / De Anna J. Reese
  • "We Are Practicable, Sensible Women" : The Missouri Women Farmers' Club and the Professionalization of Agriculture / Rebecca S. Montgomery
  • Euphemia B. Koller and the Politics of Insanity in Ralls County, 1921-1927 / Gregg Andrews
  • Breaking into Politics: Emily Newell Blair and the Democratic Party in the 1920s / Virginia Laas
  • The Doctor's Wife : Fannie Cook and Social Protest in Missouri, 1938-1949 / Bonnie Stepenoff.