Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History

by Emilee Hines

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493016051
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/15/2015
Series:	Remarkable American Women
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A native Virginian and currently a freelance writer, Emilee Hines taught history, English, and creative writing for thirty-two years. A historian by training, she is a graduate of Lynchburg College and has a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is author of seven volumes of Old Virginia Houses, over 250 published articles and short stories, and Globe Pequot's It Happened in Virginia and Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, DC History. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Pocahontas America's Princess Martha Washington The First First Lady Elizabeth Henry Russell Madame Russell Dolley Madison America's Hostess Anne Newport Royall Travel Writer Priscilla Cooper Tyler From Actress to Acting First Lady Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew Virginia's Lady Spies Maggie Lena Walker Banker and Philanthropist Edith Bolling Wilson Acting President Ellen Glasgow Best-selling Author Nancy Langhorne Astor Member of Parliament Anne Spencer Heaven's Virginia Lucy Randolph Mason Labor Organizer Bibliography Index