More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Alaska Women

by Cherry Lyon Jones

Overview

How did Alaska become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder?  More than Petticoats: Remarkable Alaska Women recognizes the women who shaped the Last Frontier. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762774302
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2014
Series:	More than Petticoats Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	1,072,012
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Cherry Lyon Jones has taught school, owned a bookstore, authored a classroom book, is a storyteller and does historical portrayals. An avid women’s history buff, she has collected and archived information for the Nevada Women’s History Project, and is now focusing her attention on researching women in territorial Alaska.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction x

Harriet Smith Pullen, 1860-1947 1

Matilda Kinnon "Tillie" Paul Tamaree, 1860-1952 11

Fannie Solace McKenzie Quigley, 1870-1944 21

Margaret Keenan Harrais, 1872-1964 31

Nellie Neal Lawing, 1873-1956 42

Lois Hudson Allen, 1873-1948 52

Etta Eugenie Schureman Jones, 1879-1965 63

Josephine Sather, 1882-1964 75

Crystal Brilliant Snow Jenne, 1884-1968 84

Florence Barrett Willoughby, 1886-1959 94

Jessie Spiro Bloom, 1887-1980 108

Clara Hickman Rust, 1890-1978 118

Benzie Ola "Rusty" Dow, 1894-1989 127

Anfesia Shapsnikoff, 1900-1973 137

Bibliography 147

Index 154

About the Author 156