Download or read book Women of Dutchess County, New York: Voices and Talents Part II written by Candace Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part II continues to focus on the women of Dutchess County. Included are articles on Maria Mitchell, Famed Nineteenth Century Astronomer, Educator; Caroline M. Clowes Nineteenth-Century American Artist; The "Brass Pounders": The Women telegraph operators of Dutchess County who worked on the railroads; Hallie Flanagan at Vassar College; Violet H. Simmons: A Remarkable Teacher plus Selections from Eleanor Roosevelt's 1933 Book, "It's Up to the Women" . In addition their are the regular sections covering various aspects of Dutchess County such as Dutchess County African Americans in The Great War and A "Joyful Noise Unto the Lord," Black Gospel Musicin Dutchess County 1945 to 1970.