{"product_id":"9781461748403","title":"More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women","description":"\u003ci\u003eMore than Petticoats: Remarkable \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllinois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Women\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the stories of twelve Illinois women who lived in the era of True Womanhood and dedicated themselves to charity toward family and strangers. Unwittingly, these women forged a legacy that expanded well beyond Illinois' borders.\u003cbr\u003eFrom First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's devotion to country to ballroom dancer Irene Castle's fight for animal rights, the women of Illinois acted with progressive vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet the wife of the Mormon Prophet, Emma Hale Smith, who challenged ideology; Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e the model of usefulness;\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMyra Bradwell, considered America's first woman lawyer\u003cb\u003e; \u003c\/b\u003eand African American entrepreneur Annie Minerva Malone, who built a beauty empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn before the dawn of the twentieth century, the women herein paved the way for future generations. Author Lyndee Jobe Henderson presents absorbing biographies filled with rarely published details.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129391792368,"sku":"9781461748403","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461748403_p0.jpg?v=1769890526","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461748403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}