ISBN:
081303129X
,
9780813031293
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 342 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The Florida history and culture series
Parallel Title:
Print version Making waves
DDC:
305.409759
Keywords:
Women History
;
20th century
;
Florida
;
Florida
;
Women History 20th century
;
Women History 20th century
;
History
;
Women
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
Florida
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
''These essays lift up the lives of outstanding Florida women who helped shape the course of 20th-century Florida.''--James B. Crooks, University of North FloridaFrom Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida's first congresswoman, and Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, to Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, the first chairwoman of the Seminole Tribe, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Everglades, Making Waves examines the lives and works of women activists who made a significant impact on Florida in the last century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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