Charmers and cranks : twelve famous American women who defied the conventions /

Ross, Ishbel, -1897

Charmers and cranks : twelve famous American women who defied the conventions / Ishbel Ross. - New York : Harper & Row, 1965 - xii, 306 p. : ill. 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 283-295.

Madame Jumel.--Hetty Green.--Mrs. Frank Leslie.--Margaret and Kate Fox.--Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin.--Mrs. Jack Gardner.--Carry Nation.--Nellie Bly.--Isadora Duncan.--Aimee Semple McPherson.

Exposing the biographies of twelve extraordinary women, stressing their brilliant ideas about love, art, nature, religion, power, fame and money. Their marvelous role to society's total advancement was told in this book.


Women--United States

CT 3260 / .R733 1965