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Author Weatherford, Doris, author.

Title They dared to dream : Florida women who shaped history / Doris Weatherford with the Florida Commission on the Status of Women Foundation, Inc
Published Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2015]
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Contents Cover; THEY DARED TO DREAM; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1. A Time Before; 2. Newcomers: The First European Women, 1513-1819; 3. From Spanish Colony to Statehood and Secession, 1820-1859; 4. "We Live On Cornbread and Hope": The Civil War and Its Aftermath, 1860-1880; 5. "The World Is Not Suffering for Another Cake Recipe": Women's Lives Expand, 1881-1900; 6. A New Century, 1901-1920; 7. Up and Then Down, 1921-1940; 8. World War II and Its Aftermath, 1941-1960; 9. Agents of Change, 1961-1980; 10. Through the Twentieth Century, 1981-2000; 11. After the New Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary While many works chronicle the various facets of Florida's history, few have revealed the myriad contributions of the state's pioneering women. Doris Weatherford presents a comprehensive narrative of the leading ladies who shaped Florida, from prehistoric times to the present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2015)
Subject Women -- Florida -- History
Women -- Political activity -- Florida -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Women
Women -- Political activity
Florida
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Florida. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, author.
ISBN 9780813055169
0813055164
0813060605
9780813060606
9780813059334
081305933X
9780813050997
0813050995