
More than petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina women (More Than Petticoats Ser.)
Biography, Women biography, United States history, United States travel and geography, Reference
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Presents detailed portraits of fourteen extraordinary women from North Carolina's history who transformed the lives of those around them. Discover Emeline Jamison Pigott, a Confederate spy; Mary Martin Sloop, a physician, community leader, and child welfare advocate in the hills… of the Blue Ridge; Maggie Axe Wachacha, a healer, teacher, and Cherokee leader; Cornelia Phillips Spencer, who helped liberate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and ten others who each directly addressed the challenges of their respective times and places. For senior high and adult readers