num_pages: 137
description: More than Petticoats: Remarkable Massachusetts Women tells the stories of eleven strong and determined women, all of whom broke through social, cultural, or political barriers to achieve greatness. From Ellen Swallow, the first female graduate of MIT, to Fannie Farmer, who overcame physical disability and wrote the first cookbook using standard measures, these women embodied remarkable determination and an independent spirit.Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman: pioneer of emancipation --Abigail Adams: a founding mother --Deborah Samson: "Offficial heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" --Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: champion of kindergartens --Lucy Larcom and Sarah Bagley: the mill girls, fighting for workers' rights --Eleanor Creesy: clipper ship navigator --Maria Mitchell: astronomer and pioneer --Julia Ward Howe: "Mine eyes have seen the Glory" --Ellen Swallow Richards: champion of the scientific home --Fannie Merritt Farmer: teaching women to cook
language: English
title: More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Massachusetts Women
titlecomplete: More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Massachusetts Women (More Than Petticoats Series)
genres: Womens, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 6
series: More than Petticoats
publisher: Twodot