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Dresser, Tom

Women of Martha's Vineyard / Thomas Dresser. - 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158)

Nancy Luce (1814/1890): poet, entrepreneur -- The Adams Sisters, Lucy (1861/1954) and Sarah (1863/1938): performers -- Emily Post (1872/1960): manners maven -- Katharine Cornell (1893/98/1974): actress -- Lillian Florence Hellman (1905/1984): playwright -- Dionis Coffin Riggs (1898/1997): poet, author, columnist -- Dorothy West (1907/1998): writer -- Polly Hill (1907/2007): horticulturist -- Nancy Whiting (1925/2007): activist, librarian -- Helen Vanderhoop Manning (1919/2008): educator -- Betty Alley (1912/2009): heritage keeper -- Patricia Neal (1926/2010): actress -- Helen Lamb (1915/2011): camp director -- Doris Pope Jackson (1915/2012): innkeeper, artist -- Gladys Widdiss (1914/2012): tribal elder, potter.

ISBN: 9781609499037

LCCN: 2013013800

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Massachusett--Martha's Vineyard--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Biography.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Social life and customs.

LC Class. No.: F72.M5 / D75 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 920.72 B