Lucretia Mott, Gentle WarriorDoubleday, 1964 - 237 pages Biography of an American Quaker who in an age when women were expected to stay quietly at home, tending to the cooking, sewing, and childraising dared to speak out in the world of men as a leader in the growing abolitionist and woman's right movements. |
Contents
The Beginning | 15 |
The House on Fair Street | 20 |
First Lessons | 27 |
Copyright | |
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