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The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier /

Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.

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Main Author: Kanefield, Teri, 1960- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2016]
Subjects and Genres:
Wright, Susanna, > 1697-1784 > Juvenile literature.
Wright, Susanna, > 1697-1784
Wright, Susanna, > 1697-1784.
1600-1775.
Quakers > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Poets > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Clerks of court > Pennsylvania > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Juvenile literature.
Quakers
Poets
Quakers > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Biography.
Women > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Biography.
Poets > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Biography.
Clerks of court > Pennsylvania > Biography
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania > Columbia.
Women > Biography.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Historical.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > Colonial & Revolutionary Periods.
Clerks of court.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Poets.
Quakers.
Women.
Quakers > Pennsylvania.
Women > Pennsylvania.
Clerks of court > Pennsylvania.
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Juvenile literature.
Columbia (Pa.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Columbia (Pa.) > Biography
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania > Columbia.
History.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Suzy comes to America
  • At home in the land of brotherly love
  • Shaking off the yoke
  • A new home on the frontier
  • A little romance
  • Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians
  • Businesswoman and scientific author
  • The American Revolution
  • Celebrated poet
  • Last years and legacy
  • Afterword: from Wright's Ferry to Columbia.

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