More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Oregon Women

by Gayle C. Shirley

Book Overview

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Oregon Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Beaver State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival 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: 076275866X
• ISBN13: 9780762758661
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Zinger!

I'm a rather reluctant history-book reader, but I found this book thoroughly compelling! My husband and I read the stories out loud on our trip through Oregon and watched the past come alive. If you are tired of the same, old dusty Western tales, give this one a try. It's sure to enchant you! And thanks to the author for putting these stories together.

Accounts of real and unique Oregon pione women

This book portrays the lives of 10 women who successfully made the transition from the "doll or drudge" category of the sterotypical Pioneer Woman. They become independent women leading successful lives in their own right, in spite of being dealt very poor hands when they came to Oregon.