Iron Women
by Chris Enss
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"A history of the contributions women made to the building of the US railroad system"--Tags
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inventors, women, nonfiction, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, trains, telegraphy*****
The documentation and presentation are very similar to Publish or Perish theses. The women included worked as telegraphers, the owner of narrow gauge railroad, a travel writer, train robber, one who developed the modern refrigerator car, a journalist, civil engineers, an architect, lawyers, and a railroad muralist. The intense research is meticulously documented and attests to its validity. The title is a little off center, but how else might one title a book on the importance of women in railroad history? I enjoyed the read (but then, I really like Charles River Editors).
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The documentation and presentation are very similar to Publish or Perish theses. The women included worked as telegraphers, the owner of narrow gauge railroad, a travel writer, train robber, one who developed the modern refrigerator car, a journalist, civil engineers, an architect, lawyers, and a railroad muralist. The intense research is meticulously documented and attests to its validity. The title is a little off center, but how else might one title a book on the importance of women in railroad history? I enjoyed the read (but then, I really like Charles River Editors).
I requested and received a free temporary ebook show more from Rowman & Littlefield/TwoDot via NetGalley. Thank you. show less
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Chris Enss is an American author and screenwriter. She has written more than 20 books on the subject of women in the Old West, and has collaborated with producer Howard Kazanjian on four books, including two about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Enss's works include: Object Matrimony -- The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western show more Frontier; Love Lessons from the Old West; Frontier Teachers; How the West was Worn; Love Untamed; and Pistol Packin' Madams. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 385.092 — Social sciences Commerce, communications & transportation Railroad transportation Subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
- LCC
- HE2751 .E67 — Social sciences Transportation and communications Transportation and communications Railroads. Rapid transit systems
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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