Burns, Virginia Law. Bold Women in Michigan history.BURNS, Virginia Law. Bold women in Michigan history. Mountain Press. 152p. illus. bibliog. index. c2006. 0-87842-525-X. $12.00. J* Burns's collection of 15 multicultural life stories fills in gaps in the male-dominated histories of Michigan. The selection of Civil War soldier Emma Edmonds (who dressed in men's clothes), landscaper Genevieve Gillette, frontier settler Marie-Therese Cadillac, Jewish labor organizer Myra Wolfgang, and black politician Cora Brown Cora Mea Brown (born April 19, 1914 - December 17, 1972), was the first African-American woman elected to a United States state senate, winning a seat in the Michigan State Senate in 1952. invigorates the text with varied skills, historical settings, and styles of involvement. Contributing to the text are valuable pictures, like the snapshots of Marguerite deAngeli as a child and as an adult and the sketch of Laura Smith Haviland's Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Institute. The back matter supplies useful material for women's history ''This article is about the history of women. For information on the field of historical study, see Gender history. Women's history is the history of female human beings. Rights and equality Women's rights refers to the social and human rights of women. studies, particularly websites that answer questions from curious young readers. Highly recommended for public and school libraries. J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. Mary Ellen Snodgrass The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , Hickory Hickory, city, United States Hickory, city (1990 pop. 28,301), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing and trade center for an abundant agricultural region (grain, soybeans, poultry, hogs, , NC |
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