Women in Long Island's Past: A History of Eminent Ladies and Everyday Lives - Hardcover

Naylor, Professor Natalie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1540206688 ISBN 13: 9781540206688

Publisher: History Press Library Editions, 2012

Synopsis

Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Anna Symmes Harrison, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt all served as first lady of the United States, and all had Long Island roots. Beloved children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden here, and hundreds of local suffragists fought for their right to vote in the early twentieth century. Discover these and other stories of the remarkable women of Long Island.

About this title

About the Author:

Natalie Naylor taught at Hofstra University for more than thirty years, and was founding director of the Long Island Studies Institute. She is trustee and president of the Nassau County Historical Society. She was also co-president of the Long Island Studies Council and editor of its newsletter.

Review:

"Natalie A. Naylor, a Hofstra University professor emerita, has assembled a useful and much-needed reference work on women's history." --East Hampton Star

About this edition

• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1540206688
• ISBN 13: 9781540206688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194