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Daring to Be Different: Missouri's Remarkable Owen Sisters (MISSOURI HERITAGE READERS)
Doris Land Mueller
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Description for Daring to Be Different: Missouri's Remarkable Owen Sisters (MISSOURI HERITAGE READERS)
Paperback. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, 38 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
In the 1800s, American women were largely restricted to the private sphere. Most had no choice but to spend their lives in the home, marrying in their teens and living only as wives, mothers, and pillars of domesticity. Even as the women's movement came along midcentury, it focused more on gaining legal and political rights for women than on expanding their career opportunities. So in that time period, in which the options and expectations for women's professional lives were so limited, it is remarkable that three sisters born in the 1850s, the Owen daughters of Missouri, all achieved success and ... Read more
In the 1800s, American women were largely restricted to the private sphere. Most had no choice but to spend their lives in the home, marrying in their teens and living only as wives, mothers, and pillars of domesticity. Even as the women's movement came along midcentury, it focused more on gaining legal and political rights for women than on expanding their career opportunities. So in that time period, in which the options and expectations for women's professional lives were so limited, it is remarkable that three sisters born in the 1850s, the Owen daughters of Missouri, all achieved success and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Missouri Heritage Readers Series
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826218971
SKU
V9780826218971
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