{"product_id":"unflinching-courage-pioneering-women-who-shaped-texas-isbn-9780062130716","title":"Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas is a celebration of the strength, bravery, and spirit of these remarkable women and their accomplishments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of powerful biographies shines a light on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Texas Revolution:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson and the author’s own ancestors as they endure the perilous Runaway Scrape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIndian Captives:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness the harrowing and divergent fates of women like Rachel Parker Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker, captured as a child and raised among the Comanches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRepublic and Statehood:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore the lives of influential figures like Jane Long, the “Mother of Texas,” and First Lady Margaret Lea Houston as they navigate the politics of a new nation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTrail Drives and Ranches:\u003c\/b\u003e Ride alongside the determined women who drove cattle herds north and helped build legendary empires, including the iconic King Ranch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePioneering Entrepreneurs:\u003c\/b\u003e From Sarah Cockrell, who built 19th-century Dallas, to Oveta Culp Hobby, a 20th-century media giant, meet the women who forged cities and industries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe only woman ever to represent Texas in the United States Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a trailblazer in the Lone Star State. Hutchison is just one of many women who have embodied what we've come to recognize as the spirit of Texas—rugged independence, fierce loyalty, and an unflappable entrepreneurial streak. In \u003cem\u003eUnflinching Courage\u003c\/em\u003e, Senator Hutchison tells the dynamic history of her home state through the lives of some of these pioneering women and their remarkable achievements, including ranchers, entrepreneurs, prospectors, stateswomen, and others who valiantly held their ground in the face of unimaginable violence and shaped the proud state into what it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A substantial volume . . . composed as it is of short, easy-to-digest vignettes about noted female leaders.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“American Heroines pays homage to forty-five of the women who made women what we are today—feminists, in fact, who revolutionized the idea of women in society.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity Wire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An interesting blend of biography, history, and personal memoir. . . . Hutchison’s lively personal writing makes this an accessible and important volume.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The writers of history textbooks have only recently begun to include the often ignored and sometimes censored sacrifices and contributions of women to the founding and sustaining of this nation. Hutchison... has put together an ideologically diverse and highly readable compilation. American Heroines is a welcome book, whose author knows about such things because she is one herself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugusta Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A series of brightly written biographies of an extraordinary gallery of pioneering women, many of whom are unknown even to the most history-minded of Texans. …The lesser-known shapers of Texas are presented in as full and interesting detail as the more celebrated.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDale L. 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