More than petticoats. Remarkable Alaska women
Title:
More than petticoats. Remarkable Alaska women
JLCTITLE245:
Remarkable Alaska women / Cherry Lyon Jones.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Guilford, Conn. : TwoDot, 2006.
Physical Description:
ix, 134 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780762737987
Series:
Abstract:
"This book explores the lives of twelve distinctly different women who arrived in territorial Alaska by birth, choice, or chance. Meet Nellie Neal Lawing, a trapper, hunter, and musher, who as legendary "Alaska Nellie" entertained tourists in her Trophy Room when the Alaska Railroad maid it an official stop; Benzie Ola "Rusty" Dow, who became the first woman to drive the Alcan highway delivering a load of cement from Fairbanks to Dawson in just seven days; and many other women who impacted the history of Alaska."--Pub. desc.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-133).
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Variant Title:
Portion of title: Remarkable Alaska women
Contents:
Map -- Acknowledgments -- Harriet Pullen 1860 -- 1947 -- Tillie Paul Tamaree 1863 -- 1952 -- Fannie Quigley 1870 -- 1944 -- Margaret Keenan Harrais 1872 -- 1964 -- Nellie Neal Lawing 1873 -- 1956 (July 25) -- Lois Hudson Allen 1873 -- 1948 (Sept. 28) -- Josephine Sather 1882 -- 1964 -- Crystal Snow Jenne 1884-- Benzie Ola "Rusty" Dow 1894 -- 1989 -- Anfesia Shapsnikoff 1900 -- 1973 -- Bibliography -- About the author.