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I Dwell in Possibility:

How Women Shaped a Nation
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National Geographic Society, Mar 1, 2005 - History - 256 pages
A dramatic visual history celebrates the contributions of women who helped shape the history of America, from the earliest Native Americans to the suffragists who won the right to vote in 1919, in a study that incorporates 160 period photographs and artworks, diary excerpts, and letters. Reprint.

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User Review  - Alessandra Kelley - Goodreads

From Pocahontas, kidnaped in 1613, to women's suffrage in 1920, this is an interesting history of the United States entirely from women's perspectives. It deals with, among other things, childbirth ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
16
Colonial Women
33
Revolutionary Women
53
Copyright

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Donna M. Lucey is an award-winning writer and photo editor whose previous books include "Photographing Montana 1894-1928: The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron" and "I Dwell in Possibility: Women Build a Nation 1600-1920," She lives with her husband and son in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the story of Archie and Amelie is part of local lore.

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