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Book SynopsisA collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colonial settlement through the mid-20th century.
Trade ReviewThis volume will stand as a model that historians of any state would do well to emulate. These magnificent essays are certain to be read, debated, and appreciated for years to come. - Tom Appleton
Table of ContentsIntroduction by LeeAnn Whites and Mary C. Neth; French Women in Colonial Missouri, 1750-1805 by Susan Calafate Boyle; Esther and Her Sisters: Free Women of Color as Property Owners in Colonial St. Louis, 1765-1803 by Judith A. Gilbert; German-Speaking Women in Nineteenth-Century Missouri: The Immigrant Experience by Linda Schelbitzki Pickle; ""May We as One Family Live in Peace and Harmony"" Relations between Mistresses and Slave Women in Antebellum Missouri by Diane Mutti Burke; City Sisters: The Sisters of St. Joseph in Missouri, 1836-1920 by Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith; The Tale of Two Minors: Women's Rights on the Border by LeeAnn Whites; The Changing Role of Protection on the Barder: Gender and the Civil War in Saline County, Missouri by Rebekah Weber Bowen; Her Will against Theirs: Eda Hickam and the Ambiguity of Freedom in Postbellum Missouri by Kimberly Schreck; Sedalia's Nymphs du Pave: Prostitution and Class in a Nineteenth-Century Railroad Town by Rhonda Chalfant; Domestic Drudges to Dazzling Divas: The Origins of African American Beauty Culture in St. Louis, Missouri, 1900-1930 by De Anna J. Reese; ""We Are Practicable, Sensible Women"": The Missouri Women Farmers' Club and the Professionalization of Agriculture by Rebecca S. Montgomery; Euphemia B. Koller and the Politics of Insanity in Ralls County, Missouri, 1921-1927 by Gregg Andrews; Breaking into Politics: Emily Newell Blair and the Democratic Party in the 1920s by Virginia Laas; The Doctor's Wife: Eannie Cook and Social Protest in Missouri, 1938-1949 by Bonnie Stepenoff
