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Susan B. Anthony (The Making of America series)

Teri Kanefield

This biography presents Susan B. Anthony as an early advocate for women’s rights. It sets her life against a period when men held legal power over women’s earnings, children, freedom, and safety. Primary sources are used to explore that unequal world and Anthony’s advocacy within it. Sources, a timeline, selected writings, a bibliography, and an index extend the historical account.

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Themes
History · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Published
March 26, 2019
Pages
240
ISBN-13
9781419734014
Language
English
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