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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Madeleine B Stern |
| ISBN: | 0803292236 9780803292239 |
| OCLC Number: | 29549634 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Schulte, 1962. With new pref. |
| Description: | xvii, 403 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Mary Ann Lee (ballerina) -- Ann S. Stephens (author of Beadle dime novels) -- Architects: Harriett Irwin ; Louise Bethune ; Sophia G. Hayden -- Sarah G. Bagley (telegrapher) -- Lucy Hobbs Taylor (dentist) -- Ellen H. Richards (first woman graduate of M.I.T.) -- Rebecca Rennell Dean (college professor) -- Isabel C. Barrows (stenographic court reporter for Congressional committees) -- Belva Ann Lockwood (U.S. Supreme Court) -- Rebecca W. Lukens (iron plate rolling industry) -- Victoria C. Woodhull (stockbroker) -- Candace Wheeler (textiles and interior decoration). |
| Responsibility: | Madeleine B. Stern ; wood engravings by John De Pol. |
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Abstract:
Biographical sketches of American women who were the first females to work in their field ; including the first stockbroker, dentist and college professor.
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