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Title We the women : career firsts of nineteenth-century America / Madeleine B. Stern ; wood engravings by John De Pol
Author Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1994
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 Ohioana Library  CT3260 .S73 1994    LIB USE ONLY
Table of Contents
 Preface to the Bison Book Edition 
 "Let Them Be Sea-Captains, If You Will"1
1The First American Ballerina to Capture the Nation: Mary Ann Lee5
2The Author of the First Beadle Dime Novel: Ann S. Stephens29
3Three American Women Firsts in Architecture: Harriet Irwin - Louise Bethune - Sophia G. Hayden55
4America's First Woman Telegrapher: Sarah G. Bagley79
5The First American Woman Doctor of Dental Surgery: Lucy Hobbs Taylor95
6The First Woman Graduate of M.I.T.: Ellen H. Richards, Chemist118
7America's First Woman College Professor: Rebecca Pennell Dean147
8The First American Woman Stenographic Reporter for Congressional Committees: Isabel C. Barrows178
9The First Woman Admitted to Practice Before the United States Supreme Court: Belva Ann Lockwood205
10The First American Woman in the Iron Plate Rolling Industry: Rebecca W. Lukens237
11America's First Woman Stockbroker: Victoria C. Woodhull251
12An American Woman First in Textiles & Interior Decoration: Candace Wheeler273
 Notes on Sources305
 Index387
Subject Women -- United States -- Biography
Women Biography
United States
Description xvii, 403 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: New York : Schulte, 1962. With new pref
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-385)and index
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)
ISBN 0803292236
9780803292239
OCLC # 29549634
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