Groundbreakers, Rule-Breakers & Rebels: 50 Unstoppable St. Louis Women - Couverture souple

Moon, Katie J.

 
9781883982980: Groundbreakers, Rule-Breakers & Rebels: 50 Unstoppable St. Louis Women
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1883982987 ISBN 13 : 9781883982980
Editeur : Missouri Historical Society Press, 2020

Synopsis

The history of women's activism in St. Louis began long before 1920, when Missouri ratified the Nineteenth Amendment and gave women the right to vote. Women have always been a fundamental--but too often unfairly forgotten--part of what made St. Louis a great American city. By taking a closer look at decades of St. Louis women from every race, class, and creed, a richer picture of the entire city's history begins to emerge.

In Groundbreakers, Rule-Breakers, & Rebels, Katie J. Moon tells the stories of fifty female pioneers with ties to St. Louis, from European-born settlers like Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau to early-twentieth-century cookbook author Irma Rombauer and renowned activist poet Maya Angelou. Moon also uncovers histories of lesser-known figures who proved equally important to building the foundations of this city. Whether world-famous or not, each of the trailblazing women in this book faced a host of specific obstacles and restrictions in their chosen fields that existed solely because of their gender. Their victories were all hard won and well earned.
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Illustrated by St. Louis artist Rori! and published to coincide with the Missouri History Museum's exhibit Beyond the Ballot: St. Louis and Suffrage, this book is the only one of its kind. Groundbreakers, Rule-Breakers, & Rebels not only expands the story of women's suffrage beyond the fight to win the right to vote, it also reveals how generations of fearless female fighters can be found throughout American history, in any city where you might look.

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À propos des auteurs

Katie J. Moon is exhibits manager at the Missouri Historical Society.

Rori! is an illustrator and comics artist from St. Louis.

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Éditeur
Missouri Historical Society Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1883982987
ISBN 13 
9781883982980
Reliure
Broché
Illustrateur
Rori!
Nombre de pages
104
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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