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More than petticoats :

by West, Beverly
Edition statement:2nd ed. Published by : Globe Pequot Press, (Guilford, CT :) Physical details: x, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN:9780762778409; 0762778407. Year: 2012
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Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto, pioneers of education -- Nampeyo (Snake That Does Not Bite), Hopi master potter -- Mary Colter, architect of the earth -- Elsie Clews Parsons, interpreter of the past and inventor of the future -- The Harvey girls, the women who tamed the wild, wild West -- Amelia Elizabeth White, the mother of Southwestern style -- Mabel Dodge Luhan, an artist of life -- Frieda Lawrence, a genius for living -- Nina Otero-Warren, the spirit of old Spain in the new Southwest -- Maria Martinez, master potter of San Ildefonso -- Georgia O'Keeffe, a woman on paper -- Laura Gilpin, cowgirl at heart -- Millicent Rogers, collector/artist of lifestyle -- Jesusita Aragon, la partera: healer and midwife.

Fourteen profiles of the lives of New Mexico's most important historical figures - women from across the state, from many different backgrounds and from various walks of life.

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