Kate makes me want to take a Road trip.
She is included in History\'s Women: The Unsung Heroines
History of American Women: Civil War Women
Who\'s Who in America 1908-09
Notable American Women: 1607-1950
A Biographical Dictionary ; and A Woman of the (19th) Century: Leading American Women in All Walks of Life and figures prominently in With Courage and Delicacy: Civil War on the Peninsula by Nancy Scripture Garrison..
She was a philanthropist, a hospital administrator, and the author of The Other Side of War: 1862 , as well as the noted translator of dozens of novels written by French authors, including Moliere and Balzac.
Fiercely independent and never married, Kate volunteered as a nurse on a medical ship during the Civil War, before founding a vocational school for underprivileged girls. at the age of eighteen.
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Katharine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was born into affluence in England and emigrated to the U.
Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed, and reflects upon a life well lived: her own! Join her as she embarks upon her Remarkable Road trip.
Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone.
In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Isla nd to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. -Kerry Chaput, author of the Defying the Crown series If you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you\'ll absolutely adore Katharine\'s Remarkable Road Trip.
SO GOOD.
She\'s lovable and charming, and her voice...
Kate makes me want to take a Road trip
