More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women

by Lyndee Henderson

Overview

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women chronicles the stories of twelve Illinois women who lived in the era of True Womanhood and dedicated themselves to charity toward family and strangers. Unwittingly, these women forged a legacy that expanded well beyond Illinois' borders.
From First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's devotion to country to ballroom dancer Irene Castle's fight for animal rights, the women of Illinois acted with progressive vision.

Meet the wife of the Mormon Prophet, Emma Hale Smith, who challenged ideology; Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, the model of usefulness;Myra Bradwell, considered America's first woman lawyer; and African American entrepreneur Annie Minerva Malone, who built a beauty empire.

Born before the dawn of the twentieth century, the women herein paved the way for future generations. Author Lyndee Jobe Henderson presents absorbing biographies filled with rarely published details.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762712717
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2006
Series:	More than Petticoats Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Lyndee Jobe Henderson has been digging up history ever since she was a little girl accompanying her father on archaeological expeditions. The courage of ordinary people living in extraordinary times impressed this Johnstown, Pennsylvania native, who grew up hearing stories about the survivors of the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Since relocating to Illinois, Lyndee has researched the Lincolns, the Civil War, the Victorian era, and Illinois prairie life. Lyndee shares her now empty nest in Naperville with husband Larry and Pomeranian dog Kodiak.

Table of Contents

Map vi

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction viii

1798-1872 Christiana Holmes Tillson 1

1800-1878 Anna Elizabeth Slough 13

1804-1879 Emma Hale Smith 23

1816-1908 Lydia Moss Bradley 34

1818-1900 Candace McCormick Reed 44

1818-1882 Mary Todd Lincoln 56

1831-1894 Myra Bradwell 68

1845-1918 Dr. Ella Flagg Young 79

1860-1935 jane Addams 91

1869-1957 Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone 102

1893-1969 Irene Castle 113

1899-1991 Ruth Page 124

Bibliography 136

About the Author 149