More Than Petticoats

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women profiles the lives of twelve of the Prairie State's most important historical figures born before 1900. With enduring strength and compassion, these remarkable women, each in her separate field, helped build the proud history of America's twenty-first state.Anna Elizabeth Slough journeyed to Illinois when it was considered part of the untamed "Far West" and later ran her own hotel in Peoria. Myra Bradwell championed better working conditions and bravely paved the way for labor regulation. Jane Addams, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, spent her entire adult life educating and caring for Chicago's poor and downtrodden. Each of these women demonstrated an independence of spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then. Read about their extraordinary lives in this captivating collection of biographies.