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Book

Bold women in Michigan history

Call Numbers

  • 977.4 B9578 (CEN)
  • H 977.4 B9578 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub., c2006.

Physical Description

vi, 152 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Marie-Thérèse Cadillac : bold woman of New France
  • Magdelaine LaFramboise : fur trader
  • Elizabeth Chandler and Laura Haviland : united against slavery
  • Emma Edmonds : Civil War soldier
  • Lucy Thurman : true to her race
  • Marguerite deAngeli : an artful life
  • Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering : sisters in science
  • Genevieve Gillette : champion of Michigan parks
  • Sippie Wallace : the Detroit nightingale
  • Cora Brown : first Black woman in a state senate
  • Myra Wolfgang : for the love of labor
  • Waunetta Dominic : rights warrior
  • Delia Villegas Vorhauer : Latina crusader.

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