More Than Petticoats -
Remarkable Nevada Women,
written by Jan Cleere, reviewed by Nancy J. Reid

More Than Petticoats - Remarkable Nevada Women, is a testimonial to the bravery, endurance and perseverance of some of our Nevada women from days gone by.

Jan Cleere writes in a pleasant but concise manner, giving you all the details and facts you need, to feel that you know the women she has picked for this book. The book covers Alison Oram Bowers; Ferminia Sarras; Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins; Dat So La Lee; Helen Jane Wiser Stewart; Idah Meacham Strobridge, Eliza Cook; the Daughters of Charity; Josephine Reed Pearl; Anne Henrietta Martin; Ah Cum Kee; Maude Frazier; and Felice Cohn. This selection of women range from miners to educators and from politicians and physicians to ranchers and basket weavers.

As you read each woman comes alive and their strength of purpose and determination to change things for the better stands out. They truly are a remarkable bunch, staunch and pioneering but most of all, extremely independent. Nevadans can be proud of the contributions each of these women have made to their state, and of Jan Cleere's talent and ability to research and present each one as a person unto themselves, but a force to be reckoned with when brought together in such a volume.

To hear Jan's interview from an excerpt of our Champagne Sundays Special Women in Southwest History show that aired March 3, 2008, please double click on the Play Button below. To hear the entire show, click here.

 

Jan Cleere
Author and freelance writer Jan Cleere writes extensively about the desert southwest, its unique characters, creatures, and vegetation. Her work appears in numerous regional publications such as Arizona Highways Magazine, Chronicle of the Old West, and more. Jan’s first book, ‘More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Nevada Women’, was a 2006 WILLA Literary Award finalist, and a 2006 Arizona Press Women's literary competition finalist. The Nevada Women's History Project elected Jan to its Roll of Honor for "her significant contribution in the preservation of Nevada's women history." Her second book ‘Outlaw Tales of Arizona: True Stories of Arizona's Most Famous Robbers, Rustlers, and Bandits’, was recognized nationally in 2007 as winner of the National Federation of Press Women's literary competition for historical nonfiction. She has just released her third book ‘Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers.’

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