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Louisiana Women

Their Lives and Times

Louisiana Women( )
Contribution by: Cochran, Bambi
Long, Carolyn Morrow
Vella, Christina
Oubre, Claude
Lee, Dayna
Mills, Elizabeth Shown
Blue, Ellen
Toth, Emily
Precht, Jay
Leathem, Karen Trahan
Fontenot, Kevin
Kogan, Lee
Langley, Linda
Wilson, Mary
Farmer-Kaiser, Mary
Tyler, Pamela
Brady, Patricia
Brasseaux, Ryan André
Frystak, Shannon
Editor: Allured, Janet
Gentry, Judith F.
ISBN:978-0-8203-2947-5
Publication Date:May 2009
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $39.00
Book Description:

Ranging from the colonial period to the present, these seventeen biographical essays provide a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in the state. The contributors look at ways in which the women either abided by prevailing gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves and other women.

Book Details
Pages:344
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Women
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.286 cm
Book Weight:0.536 Kilograms
Author Biography
(Contribution by)
Christina Vella was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 14, 1942. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Louisiana State University in 1965, a master's degree in history from the University of New Orleans in 1971, and a doctorate in modern European and American history from Tulane University in 1990. She taught history at St. Bernard Community College and Tulane University. She wrote several books including Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba, Indecent Secrets: The Infamous Murri Murder Affair, George Washington Carver: A Life, and The Hitler Kiss: A Memoir of the Czech Resistance written with Radomir Luza. She died from cancer on March 22, 2017 at the age of 75.

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