Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Subtitle: a life of power and politics
By: Alexandra M. Nickliss
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 630
ISBN-13: 9781496202277
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Philanthropists; University of California (System). Regents; Family; Women philanthropists; University of California (System); Women civic leaders; Upper class women; Biography
Description: "Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age's most prominent and powerful women."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-601) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ability; title: Money; title: Political agenda; title: Power by design; title: Benefits for women; title: Limits; title: National politics; title: The vote; title: Epilogue.