Legendary Ladies of Texas edited by Francis Edward Abernethy.
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TextSeries: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 43Publisher: University of North Texas Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9780929398754Subject(s): Women -- Texas -- Biography | Women | Legends | Women -- Texas -- Folklore | Women -- Texas -- Biography | Women -- Texas -- History | Legends -- Texas | Women -- Texas -- Folklore | Women -- Texas -- Biography | Women -- Texas -- History | United States, Texas -- History | United States, Texas -- Biography | TexasGenre/Form: History. | Folklore. | Biographies. | Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"Publications of the Texas Folklore Society XLIII in cooperation with the Texas Foundation for Women's Resources"--Cover.
EARLY DAYS Maria de Agreda: The lady in blue -- Angelina -- Emily Morgan: Yellow Rose of Texas -- The weeping woman: La Llorona -- SETTLERS Belle Starr: the bandit queen of Dallas -- The ghost of Chipita: the crying woman of San Patricio -- The capitol's lady -- Two sixshooters and a sunbonnet: The story of Sally Skull -- Sophia Porter: Texas' own Scarlett O'Hara -- Elise Waerenskjold: A modern on the prairie -- TEXAS GETS CULTURE Adah Isaacs Menken: From Texas to Paris -- Elisabet Ney: Texas' First lady of sculpture -- Mollie Bailey: Circus entrepreneur -- Martha White McWhirter and the Belton sanctificationists -- Aunt Dicy: Legendary black lady -- El Paso madams -- EARLY 20TH CENTURY Pardon me, Governor Ferguson -- "Tell them I don't smoke cigars": The story of Bonnie Parker -- Glamor girl called Electra -- The babe -- MODERN TIMES Janis and the Austin scene -- Legends in their own time: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders -- Honky tonk angels -- Woman as victim in modern folklore -- Mrs. Bailey and the Bears.
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A study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them.
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