More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Tennesse Women

More than Petticoats

by Susan Sawyer

With in-depth and accurate coverage, this book pays tribute to the often unheralded efforts and acheivements of the historical women of Tennessee.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Womens

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

Reviews

[Latasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

the stories about these remarkable maladies are ok. The stories about the first ladies were not. She spent more time on the presidents than the ladies. The rest of the book was ok but not great.

[Taryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure the First Ladies were "remarkable" like the other featured women and should not have been included.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75. An interesting selection of women. Learned a lot.

[Azra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given it three and a half stars but since I couldn't, it got a better rating than it deserves.

Titles such as this irritate the hell out of me. If this had been a book about twelve remarkable men, that would have been the entire title right there. But no, this book has to sound like a bad romance novel. ("There was more to her than her petticoats. She was headstrong and independent. Could Carl make her see what kind of woman she could become?") UGH.

Despite the Title From Hell, there were twelve good brief biographies in this book. Artists, suffragists, doctors, journalists and First Ladies are included. It's a good book to use as a jumping off point if someone wanted to look deeper into the lives of influential women.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful book about amazing women! Learned so many things about women who should have been part of our educational system.