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Susan B. Anthony, a biography of a singular feminist, Kathleen Barry

Label
Susan B. Anthony, a biography of a singular feminist, Kathleen Barry
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. [408]-418
resource.biographical
individual biography
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Susan B. Anthony
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
17478859
Responsibility statement
Kathleen Barry
Sub title
a biography of a singular feminist
Summary
Explores how family background, education, Quaker upbringing, and an early teaching career converged in Anthony, who ultimately chose striving for social justice over marriage as a vocation
Table Of Contents
The rise of a common woman -- To marry or not to be a wife -- "Woman must take to her soul a purpose" -- A passion for justice -- The woman's enlightenment -- Which slaves' emancipation? -- The male betrayal -- Reformers versus radicals -- The vagaries of love -- Convicted of being a woman -- The unity of women-at what cost? -- A grand old age -- "Failure is impossible" -- Epilogue -- Postscript: On women's biography
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