Unflinching Courage
Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas
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Publisher Description
In Unflinching Courage, former United States Senator and New York Times bestselling author Kay Bailey Hutchison brings to life the incredible stories of the resourceful and brave women who shaped the state of Texas and influenced American history.
A passionate storyteller, Senator Hutchison introduces the mothers and daughters who claimed a stake in the land when it was controlled by Spain, the wives and sisters who valiantly contributed to the Civil War effort, and ranchers and entrepreneurs who have helped Texas thrive.
Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas is a celebration of the strength, bravery, and spirit of these remarkable women and their accomplishments.
This tribute to the heroines of the American frontier includes:
The Texas Revolution: The women who endured the Runaway Scrape, including Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson and the author’s own ancestor, Anna Mary Taylor.Trail Drives and Ranches: The resilient women who managed vast properties and led legendary cattle drives, including Henrietta King and Mollie Taylor Bunton.Indian Captives: The harrowing and courageous stories of captives like Rachel Parker Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker, whose lives were forever changed on the frontier.Founding Mothers of a Republic: Foundational figures like Jane Long, who braved incredible hardship, and Margaret Lea Houston, who stood beside one of Texas’s greatest leaders.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former U.S. Senator Hutchison (American Heroines) was the first woman to represent Texas in the Senate, and she's admirably devoted her authorial career to writing women back into the historical record. Taking a local history approach that incorporates her family's Texas roots, Hutchison emphasizes in her newest the independent spirit of Texans who rose up against Mexican rule and who carved out a living from the rugged landscape. She writes a doggedly chronological story, stretching from Anna Mary Taylor (the author's great-great-grandmother), a young bride in Nacogdoches in 1831 most known for her gardening; to Oveta Culp Hobby, a politically influential journalist who headed the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in the early 1940s. There is no discernible criteria for Hutchison's choices of pioneering women, though the majority of them are from the early 19th century and include Susanna Dickinson, one of a handful of women who survived the Alamo; and Rachel Parker Plummer, who was captured and brutally beaten by Comanche Indians. Unfortunately, these individual stories lack depth, cohesion, and nuance. Most of the historical context is presented in chunks separate from the lives of the women, which only calls attention to how they are still viewed as outsiders in mainstream history. Texas women await their historical due.
