More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women

by Bonnye E. Stuart

Book Overview

From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762741597
• ISBN13: 9780762741595
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"