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North Carolina women : their lives and times /

North Carolina has had more than its share of accomplished, influential women-women who have expanded their sphere of influence or broken through barriers that had long defined and circumscribed their lives, women such as Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, the widow and tavern owner who supported the America...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gillespie, Michele, McMillen, Sally G. (Sally Gregory), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2014.
Colección:Southern women (Athens, Ga.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:North Carolina has had more than its share of accomplished, influential women-women who have expanded their sphere of influence or broken through barriers that had long defined and circumscribed their lives, women such as Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, the widow and tavern owner who supported the American Revolution; Harriet Jacobs, runaway slave, abolitionist, and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ; and Edith Vanderbilt and Katharine Smith Reynolds, elite women who promoted women's equality. This collection of essays examines the lives and times of pathbreaking North Carolina women f.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780820346540
0820346543
9781306290722
1306290724
0820347566
9780820347561
0820340014
9780820340012