Texas Dames
Subtitle: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History
Publisher: The History Press
Published: Oct 02, 2012
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781609498122
Description: These are the Texas Dames, women who sallied forth to run sprawling ranches, build towns, helm major banks and shape Lone Star history. These "Dames" broke gender and racial barriers in every facet of life. Some led the way as heroines, while others slid headlong into notoriety, but nearly all exhibited similar strands of courage and determination to wrest a country, a state and a region from the wilds. From Angelina of the Hasinai, interpreter for the Spanish, and sharpshooter Sally Scull to Dr. Claudia Potter, America's first female anesthesiologist, and Birdie Harwood, first female mayor in the United States, historian Carmen Goldthwaite has been profiling Texas women and their accomplishments in her popular "Texas Dames" column. Here are their stories, from early Tejas to the twentieth century.--Amazon.com.
Notes: Source title: Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History