Verlag: University of Missouri Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 0826215564 ISBN 13: 9780826215567
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ISBN 10: 0826215564 ISBN 13: 9780826215567
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Verlag: Pebble Pub, 1996
ISBN 10: 096466254X ISBN 13: 9780964662544
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Verlag: University of Missouri (edition First Edition), 2002
ISBN 10: 0826213995 ISBN 13: 9780826213990
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2002
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Verlag: Pebble Pub, 1996
ISBN 10: 096466254X ISBN 13: 9780964662544
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2004
ISBN 10: 0826215564 ISBN 13: 9780826215567
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Verlag: University of Missouri Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
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Verlag: University of Missouri Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2004
ISBN 10: 0826215564 ISBN 13: 9780826215567
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2004
ISBN 10: 0826215564 ISBN 13: 9780826215567
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. As a companion volume to their earlier book, Called to Courage: Four Women in Missouri History, Margot Ford McMillen and Heather Robersons Into the Spotlight provides the biographies of four more remarkable Missouri women. Although these women came from radically different circumstances, they all shared a common sense of purpose, determination, and courage, and each used her own unique position to empower herself and othersSacred Sun, also called Mohongo, was a Native American of the Osage tribe in Missouri. In 1827, her people lost their land, their sacred places, and many of their traditions. Seeking answers to the dilemma faced by her people, and possibly aid from the French, she journeyed to Europe with a group of prominent Osage and a French entrepreneur. The harrowing events she experienced there would shape the woman she became when she returned to the Osage tribe, which had been forced to move to Oklahoma and was still struggling to survive.Emily Newell Blair was born into a successful southwest Missouri family. Although she was born at a time when the contributions of women in the workforce were quite limited, she was encouraged by her family to get an education and expand her skills in writing and speaking. When women did begin to pursue education and careers, Blair was at the forefront, working tirelessly to secure voting rights for women. Eventually, she was elected to the Democratic National Committee and later poured her energy into organizing Democratic womens clubs.Josephine Baker grew up in segregated turn-of-the-century St. Louis society, which determined human worth by the color of ones skin. Her mixed ethnic background left Baker feeling isolated both from her own black family and from white society. Driven to develop her own unique style, she became a star of song and stage, toured Europe, served as a spy, and was a fervent civil rights and antiracism activist.Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, known to her family as Bess, grew up in one of Missouris most prominent families. She married a neighborhood boy-considered unacceptable by her mother-who would go on to become President Harry Truman. Bess Truman, called the boss by her husband, worked side by side with him, editing his speeches and providing advice and guidance through innumerable crises during and after World War II.Into the Spotlight provides valuable new insights into Missouri and American history, as well as womens history, and will be a welcome addition to the Missouri Heritage Readers Series.
Verlag: University of Missouri October 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishi, 2014
ISBN 10: 1502363844 ISBN 13: 9781502363848
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ISBN 10: 1502363844 ISBN 13: 9781502363848
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: History Press Library Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1540224864 ISBN 13: 9781540224866
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Paris, Tightwad, Peculiar, Neosho, Gasconade, Hannibal, Diamond, Quarantine, Zif, and Zig. These are just a few of the names Margot Ford McMillen covers in her lively book on the history of place names in Missouri. The origins behind the names range from humorous to descriptive:Tightwad, Missouri, is said to have been named after a store owner who cheated a mailman out of his rightful watermelon to make an extra fifty cents. Plad, Missouri, was supposed to be named "Glad," but the post office printed the name wrong, and it was too much trouble to get it changed. Some place names describe a location, such as Big Spring or Flat River. Other names show the influence of immigrants to the state, like Hermann, which is a German name, or the Maries River, which was derived from the French. Many places are named for people or wildlife found nearby, while others are backed up by legend or simply picked out of thin air.
Verlag: University of Chicago press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0826209726 ISBN 13: 9780826209726
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Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
ISBN 10: 1502363844 ISBN 13: 9781502363848
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2002
ISBN 10: 0826213995 ISBN 13: 9780826213990
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2002
ISBN 10: 0826213995 ISBN 13: 9780826213990
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Verlag: University of Missouri, 2002
ISBN 10: 0826213995 ISBN 13: 9780826213990
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. While there are many accessible biographies of important Missouri men, there are few such biographies of Missouri women, which might suggest that they did not count in history. This book, written by a mother-and-daughter team, helps to correct that misconception by tracing the lives of four women who played important roles in their eras. These women were exceptional because they had the courage to make the best of their abilities, forging trails and breaking the barriers that separated womens spheres from those of men: A Native American woman the French newspapers called Ignon Ouaconisen, and the people of Paris called the Missouri princess, lived from about 1700 to after 1751. She traveled with adventurer Etienne de Bourgmont and bore his child. Although much of her life remains a mystery, her story gives us insights into the lives of Missouri Indian women in the days of the fur trade. Pioneer Olive Boone (1783-1858) came to the Louisiana Territory as the teenage bride of Nathan Boone, guiding a skiff and their horses across the Missouri River to join the Daniel Boone family near St. Charles. For much of her married life, she stayed alone with her fourteen children while her husband traveled on lengthy hunting expeditions, supervised the Boone saltworks in present-day Howard County, and spent years in the military. Martha Jane Chisley, born a slave in 1833, was brought to northeast Missouri as a young woman. During the Civil War, Martha Jane escaped with her children to Illinois. She overcame many obstacles so that her son Augustine was able to enter school and get an education. Augustine studied in Rome and became the first nationally known African American priest. Nell Donnelly of Kansas City was a pioneering businesswoman who founded a dress company that became the worlds largest, brightening the wardrobe of the housewife while also creating fair working conditions for her employees. Born into an ordinary middle-class family in 1889, she achieved a success and high profile that brought its own problems.Using Missouri and Illinois archives, Margot Ford McMillen and Heather Roberson have compiled well-known and obscure materials to describe the lives of both women and men, showing how roles changed as Missouri and America matured. Bringing together family insights and the rare writings of observers who almost never mention women in their journals, Called to Courage will be welcomed by anyone interested in womens history or Missouri history.
Verlag: University of Chicago press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0826213995 ISBN 13: 9780826213990
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