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LABORERS FOR LIBERTY: AMERICAN WOMEN 1865-1890: The Young Oxford History of Women in the United States, Volume 6.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1994.). Hardcover first edition - The sixth volume in this excellent series - the first multivolume series of the public and private lives of women over four centuries, each written by a distinguished historian. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Chronology, suggestions for further reading, index. 141 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5080467.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards (stamp on front endpaper.) Other titles in this series available.
Book ID: 48407More details Price: $15.00 -
GIRLS WHO MADE GOOD.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Richard R. Smith Inc, (1930). Hardcover first edition - Written for older children, this contains fifteen brief biographies of women ranging from Florence Nightingale, Lady Astor, Rosa Bonheur and Lucy Larcom, Sarojini Naidu, Gertrude Bell, Marie Curie, Jane Addams and more. An interesting selection of young girls and women to hold up as models. 120 pp.
Condition: Good overall in blue cloth with black lettering on the spine (corners bumped, some wear to the covers and light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 66322More details Price: $15.00 -
ARMED WITH COURAGE.
Edition: First printing.
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - Brief biographies of heroic men and women, written for older children, and beautifully illustrated with both full-page and smaller pictures, in black and white, by Lynd Ward. Includes chapters on Florence Nightingale, Father Damien, George Washington Carver, Jane Addams, Wilfred Grenfell, Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer. 112 pp.
Condition: Ex-school library with the usual markings, no dustjacket.
Book ID: 27182More details Price: $12.50