Iron women: the ladies who helped build the railroad

by Enss, Chris

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"A history of the contributions women made to the building of the US railroad system"--

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Full title :Iron women : the ladies who helped build the railroad / Chris Enss.

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"A history of the contributions women made to the building of the US railroad system"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):TwoDot
Place of Publication:Guilford, Connecticut
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 185 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781493037759, 1493037757
oclc:on1178870080
LC Classification:HE2751
Dewey Decimal:385.092/520973

The telegraphers -- Sarah Kidder: The railroad president -- Helen Hunt Jackson: The poet's railroad tour -- Laura Bullion: The Wild Bunch train robber -- Lillie Langtry: The Jersey Lily and the LaLee -- Mary Pennington: The creator of the modern refrigerator boxcar -- Miriam Leslie: The journalist riding the rails -- Women vs. the Railroad: The fight for fairness on the rails -- Olive Dennis: The railroad civil engineer -- Phoebe Snow: The railroad pinup girl -- Julia Bulette: The Madam honored by the railroad -- Mary Colter: The Harvey House architect -- Mary Louise Lawser: The Santa Fe railroad muralist -- The Harvey girls: The railroad's hospitality ambassadors -- The Business and Professional Women's Club.

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Femmes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. -- Ét… History Railroads Railroads -- History -- 19th century. -… United States Women Women -- History -- 19th century -- Uni…