More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-03-01
Mått152 x 224 x 13 mm
Vikt14 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMore than Petticoats Series
Antal sidor176
FörlagRowman & Littlefield
ISBN9780762741595

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Bonnye Stuart is a tenth generation New Orleanian and member of the Perret family. She grew up in the city amid 39 first cousins and lots of aunts and uncles. She got her B.A. in Advertising from the Manship School of Journalism at Louisiana State University and received her M.A. in Communication from the University of New Orleans. Her four children were all born in New Orleans and she has been teaching at the university level for ten years. She writes short stories, poems, and plays many of which are based on her life in New Orleans.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionBaroness Pontalba, 1795-1874Marie Laveau, 1801-1881Henriette Delille, 1813-1862Margaret Haughery, 1813-1882Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835-1868Eliza Nicholson, 1849-1896Kate Chopin, 1850-1904Grace Elizabeth King, 1852-1932Clara Gregory Baer, 1863-1938Carmelite Garrett Henry, 1883-1948Clementine Hunter, 1886-1988Caroline Dormon, 1888-1965Boswell Sisters: Martha 1905-1958, Connie 1907-1976, Helvetia 1911-1988Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972Selected ReferencesAbout the Author