Significant sisters : the grassroots of active feminism, 1839-1939 / Margaret Forster.

Portrays eight women's rights advocates of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Caroline Norton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale, Emily Davies, Josephine Butler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Emma Goldman. Determined, foresightful leaders, the pioneers of contemporary fem...

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Main Author: Forster, Margaret, 1938-2016.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1985.
Edition:First edition.
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