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Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas
Harper
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
384 pages
ISBN: 0062130692
EAN: 9780062130693
Kindle: B008HS0CYQ
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Non-Fiction Biography
From New York Times bestselling author and
groundbreaking politician Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison comes
a history of the extraordinary women who shaped the state of
Texas. The only woman ever to represent Texas in the
United States Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a
trailblazer in the Lone Star State. Nevertheless, Hutchison
is just one of many women who, for two hundred years, have
embodied what we've come to recognize as the spirit of
Texas—rugged independence, fierce loyalty, and an
unflappable entrepreneurial streak. In Unflinching
Courage, Senator Hutchison tells the dynamic history of
her home state through the lives of some of these pioneering
women and their remarkable achievements. Among the
brave souls Senator Hutchison profiles are Jane Wilkinson
Long, "the Mother of Texas," and others who claimed a stake
in the land when it struggled under Spanish and Mexican
rule; Dilue Rose Harris, whose memoir of the Runaway Scrape
exhibits the strength so many women were forced to call upon
as the Texas Revolution drew able-bodied husbands, sons, and
brothers to the battlefield; Margaret Houston and Emily
Austin Bryan Perry, who stood behind the great leaders of a
burgeoning republic and helped usher in a new era of
statehood; Henrietta King, Molly Goodnight, Sarah Cockrell,
and Oveta Culp Hobby, ranchers and entrepreneurs who have
helped Texas thrive; and numerous others who valiantly held
their ground in the face of raids and unimaginable violence.
In Unflinching Courage, Senator Hutchison pays
tribute to these extraordinary Texan women whose lives
inspire us today and will continue to do so for generations
to come.
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