Remarkable Florida women
By: E. Lynne Wright
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: More than petticoats; More than petticoats series
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Guildford, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780762758654
Subjects: Women; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149) and index.
Table of contents: title: Malee Francis : Florida's Pocahontas; title: Bertha Honoré Palmer : diamonds and cattle ranches; title: Julia Tuttle : mother of Miami; title: Mary McLeod Bethune : daughter of slaves, advisor to presidents; title: Harriet Bedell : white sister of the Seminoles; title: Eartha M.M. White : angel of mercy; title: Dr. Anna Darrow : Doc Anner; title: Ruth Bryan Owen : Florida's first congresswoman; title: Rose Sayetta Weiss : mother of Miami Beach; title: Marjory Stoneman Douglas : mother of the Everglades; title: Zora Neale Hurston : a genius of the South; title: Helen Hunt West : lawyer, journalist, feminist; title: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings : Pulitzer Prize winner at Cross Creek; title: Jacqueline Cochran : flying high; title: Frances Langford : sweetheart of World War II.