Women in Long Island's past
Subtitle: a history of eminent ladies and everyday lives
By: Natalie A. Naylor
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781609494995
Subjects: Social life and customs; Women; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-190).
Table of contents: title: The First Long Islanders; title: Colonial Long Island; title: The Revolutionary Schism and the Occupation of Long Island; title: Expanding the Domestic Sphere in the Nineteenth Century; title: Long Island's First Ladies; title: Novelists, Poets and Other Writers; title: Women and the Arts; title: Philanthropists and Humanitarians; title: Earning a Living : Entrepreneurs, Entertainers and Scientists; title: Pioneering Pilots : Daring and Intrepid Airwomen; title: Achieving Votes for Women; title: Civic and Political Activists; title: Years of Change, 1930-1980; title: Historians and Preservationists; title: Epilogue.