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Phoebe Apperson Hearst : a life of power and politics / Alexandra M. Nickliss.
Van Pelt Library CT275.H4865 N53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nickliss, Alexandra M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919.
- Hearst, Phoebe Apperson.
- Hearst, George, 1820-1891.
- University of California (System). Regents.
- Women civic leaders--United States--Biography.
- Women civic leaders.
- Women philanthropists.
- Philanthropists.
- Upper class women.
- Families.
- United States.
- California.
- Hearst, George, 1820-1891--Family.
- Hearst, George.
- Hearst family.
- University of California (System). Regents--Biography.
- University of California (System).
- Upper class women--United States--Biography.
- Philanthropists--California--Biography.
- Women philanthropists--California--Biography.
- California--Politics and government--1850-1950.
- Politics and government.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 630 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age's most prominent and powerful women."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Ability
- Money
- Political agenda
- Power by design
- Benefits for women
- Limits
- National politics
- The vote
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-601) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496202277
- 1496202279
- OCLC:
- 989124084
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