More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women

by Bonnye Stuart

Overview

From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461747604
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	02/10/2009
Series:	More than Petticoats Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Bonnye Stuart is a tenth generation New Orleanian and member of the Perret family. She grew up in the city amid 39 first cousins and lots of aunts and uncles. She got her B.A. in Advertising from the Manship School of Journalism at LouisianaStateUniversity and received her M.A. in Communication from the University of New Orleans. Her four children were all born in New Orleans and she has been teaching at the university level for ten years. She writes short stories, poems, and plays many of which are based on her life in  New Orleans.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Baroness Pontalba, 1795-1874

Marie Laveau, 1801-1881

Henriette Delille, 1813-1862

Margaret Haughery, 1813-1882

Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835-1868

Eliza Nicholson, 1849-1896

Kate Chopin, 1850-1904

Grace Elizabeth King, 1852-1932

Clara Gregory Baer, 1863-1938

Carmelite Garrett Henry, 1883-1948

Clementine Hunter, 1886-1988

Caroline Dormon, 1888-1965

Boswell Sisters: Martha 1905-1958, Connie 1907-1976, Helvetia 1911-1988

Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972

Selected References

About the Author