More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Pennsylvania Women

More than Petticoats

by Kate Hertzog

Fifteen notable women from Pennsylvania are brought to life through this series of easy-to-read biographies and archival photo portraits. Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly is profiled, as well as Ann Preston, a doctor who was influential in the founding of Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. You'll also meet war heroines, social reformers and inventors from the earliest settlements of the Keystone state through the early 1900s.
Kate Hertzog is a writer and editor, and the author of "Insiders' Guide to Gettysburg," She lives in Mechanicsburg.

Sybilla Masters (1676-1720), American inventor --
Lydia Darragh (1728-1789), house spy --
Margaret Corbin (1751-1800), half-soldier, full hero --
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), seeker of equality --
Rebecca Webb Lukens (1794-1854), industrial leader --
Mary Ambler (1805-1868), first responder --
Ann Preston (1813-1872), pioneering doctor --
Elizabeth Thorn (1832-1907), Civil War caretaker --
Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915), traveling evangelist --
Ida Tarbell (1857-1944), muckraking journalist --
Nellie Bly (1864-1922), undercover reporter --
Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), refrigeration specialist --
Florence Seibert (1897-1991), disease fighter --
Marian Anderson (1902-1993), singer for equality --
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), illuminating ecologist

Genres: History

167 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2007

Reviews

[Claire Binkley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't know that Rachel Carson came from the same state that I did!

There is also a great deal about a number of less-well known researchers, inventors, and suffragists who have won Nobel Peace Prizes and stood for other social reforms in this book.

It makes me feel foolish for enjoying the practice of sketching petticoats as much.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book about intelligent, courageous women who persevered in their chosen endeavors despite opposition and obstacles. The book was well-written and inspiring.