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This book explores the lives of twelve distinctly different women who arrived in territorial Alaska by birth, choice, or chance. Meet Nellie Neal Lawing, a trapper, hunter, and musher, who as legendary "Alaska Nellie" entertained tourists in her Trophy Room when the Alaska Railroad maid it an official stop; Benzie Ola "Rusty" Dow, who became the first woman to drive the Alcan highway delivering a load of cement from Fairbanks to Dawson in just seven days; and many other women who impacted the history of Alaska.
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More than Petticoats: Remarkable Alaska Women profiles the lives of twelve spirited women born in the nineteenth century, all of whom expanded women’s roles by defying the social norms and prejudices of their time.
Meet Tillie” Paul Tamaree, the first Tlingit woman to be ordained an elder in the Synod of Alaska-Northwest; Nellie Neal Lawing, a trapper, hunter, and musher, who as legendary Alaska Nellie” entertained tourists in her Trophy Room; and Benzie Ola Rusty” Dow, the first woman to drive the Alcan Highway from Fairbanks to Dawson, delivering a load of cement in just seven days.
Each of these women who arrived in territorial Alaska by birth, choice, or chance demonstrated a remarkable determination and independence of spirit that continues to inspire new generations. Read about their extraordinary lives in this collection of brief and absorbing biographies.
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Meet Tillie” Paul Tamaree, the first Tlingit woman to be ordained an elder in the Synod of Alaska-Northwest; Nellie Neal Lawing, a trapper, hunter, and musher, who as legendary Alaska Nellie” entertained tourists in her Trophy Room; and Benzie Ola Rusty” Dow, the first woman to drive the Alcan Highway from Fairbanks to Dawson, delivering a load of cement in just seven days.
Each of these women who arrived in territorial Alaska by birth, choice, or chance demonstrated a remarkable determination and independence of spirit that continues to inspire new generations. Read about their extraordinary lives in this collection of brief and absorbing biographies.
Cherry Lyon Jones has taught school, owned a bookstore, authored a classroom book, is a storyteller and does historical portrayals. An avid women’s history buff, she has collected and archived information for the Nevada Women’s History Project, and is now focusing her attention on researching women in territorial Alaska.
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- PublisherTwoDot
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0762737980
- ISBN 13 9780762737987
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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