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Daughter of fortune : the Bettie Brown story /

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Chronicles the life of prominent nineteenth-century Galveston, Texas socialite, Rebecca Ashton Brown, how she cared for the homeless after the Great Storm of 1900, raised money for children's charities, and served on the board of the Letitia Rosenberg Women's Home.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLeRoy, Sherrie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Plano, Tex. : Republic of Texas Press, [1997]
Series:Women of the West series (Plano, Tex.)
Subjects:
Brown, Bettie.
Brown, Bettie
Socialites > Texas > Galveston > Biography.
Galveston (Tex.) > Biography.
Personnalités > Texas > Galveston > Biographies.
Socialites
Texas > Galveston
Galveston, Texas > Biography.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Summary:Chronicles the life of prominent nineteenth-century Galveston, Texas socialite, Rebecca Ashton Brown, how she cared for the homeless after the Great Storm of 1900, raised money for children's charities, and served on the board of the Letitia Rosenberg Women's Home.
Physical Description:xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index.
ISBN:1556225296
9781556225291