West, Beverly
More than petticoats : Print Remarkable New Mexico women / Remarkable New Mexico women Beverly West. - 2nd ed. - Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, 2012. - x, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Paperback book.
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.
101869
9780762778409 0762778407
2012000190
Women--New Mexico
Women--History.--New Mexico
920.720978 Wes 48
More than petticoats : Print Remarkable New Mexico women / Remarkable New Mexico women Beverly West. - 2nd ed. - Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, 2012. - x, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Paperback book.
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.
101869
9780762778409 0762778407
2012000190
Women--New Mexico
Women--History.--New Mexico
920.720978 Wes 48