New York's Remarkable Women

Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History

By (author) Antonia Petrash

Publication date:

01 September 2016

Length of book:

200 pages

Publisher

Globe Pequot

ISBN-13: 9781493015818

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

How did New York become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? New York's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Empire State. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.

Discover fourteen extraordinary women from New York's past, including suffragist Amelia Bloomer, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, attorney and US Representative Bella Abzug, and WASP pilot Betty Gillies.

Introduction
1 - Deborah Dunch Moody, A Dangerous Woman
2 - Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks
3 - Sybil Lundington, The Female Paul Revere
4 - Emma Hart Willard, Champion of Education for Women
5 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, The Well-Dressed Suffragist
6 - Harriet Tubman, The Moses of Her People
7 - Emily Warren Roebling, An Unlikely Bridge Builder
8 - Katherine Bement Davis, Prison Reformer
9 - Mary Burnett Talbert, Advocate of Equality for African Americans
10- Sara Josephine Baker, A Life in Service to Children
11 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Patron of American Art
12 - Dorothy Day, Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
13 - Betty Gillies, Women Airforce Service Pilots Leader
14 - Bella Abzug, Passionate Advocate for Social Justice
Bibliography
Index
About the Author