Bibliograph

Society's sisters, stories of women who fought for social justice in America, Catherine Gourley

Type

Label

Society's sisters, stories of women who fought for social justice in America, Catherine Gourley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Society's sisters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51613739

Responsibility statement

Catherine Gourley

Sub title

stories of women who fought for social justice in America

Summary

Profiles nineteenth-century women who overcame the disadvantage of being female in order to change the society in which they lived, by promoting temperance, child labor laws, health care, and other causes

Table Of Contents

The woman's sphere -- The child savers -- Attacking the nest -- The white ribbon women -- Lifting as we rise -- The agitators -- The pacifists -- Winter wheat

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification