New Jersey's Remarkable Women : Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Remarkable American Women Series .
- Remarkable American Women Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Patience Lovell Wright: Sculptor, Patriot, and Spy -- Mary Ludwig Hays Macauley: Hero of the Battle of Monmouth -- Sylvia Dubois: Ambitious to Be Free -- Abigail Goodwin: Champion of the Underground Railroad -- Lilly Martin Spencer: Virtuoso Painter of the Familiar -- Antoinette Brown Blackwell: America's First Ordained Woman Minister -- Mary Mapes Dodge: Creator of Hans Brinker and St. Nicholas -- Clara Maass: Yellow Fever Nurse -- Ruth St. Denis: Founder of American Modern Dance -- Jessie Redmon Fauset: Midwife of the Harlem Renaissance -- Alice Stokes Paul: Mother of the Equal Rights Amendment -- Alice Huyler Ramsey: Pioneer Endurance Driver -- Maria Jeritza: Metropolitan Opera Star -- Hannah Silverman: Hero of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
"New Jersey's Remarkable Women features fourteen exceptional women born prior to 1900. Portraits include Alice Huyler Ramsey, the first woman to drive across America; Hannah Silverman, a labor activist during the Paterson silk strikes who fought fearlessly for better working conditions; Abigail Goodwin, a gentle Quaker who bravely conducted many slaves to freedom from her home on the Underground Railroad; and Clara Maass, a nurse who gave her life to stop the scourge of yellow fever. Each woman in this book made lasting contributions to society and embodied a fierce determination and independent spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then."--Provided by publisher.