The Story of a Pioneer
New York: Harper and Row, 1915. Later edition. Cloth. Red cloth, with gilt lettering on front and faded gilt on spine. Watermarks on back cover, top edges gilt, deckled pages.
Inscription by Shaw on front free end paper to Emma Bugbee, a journalist who was a founder of the newspaper, Women's Club of New York. She is most known for her coverage of Eleanor Roosevelt and women's issues.
This book was first published in September 1915. This copy was published October 1915.
Written with the collaboration of Elizabeth Jordan.
30 photographs. The pages listing the illustrations are untrimmed. 338 pp.
Hannah Howard Shaw was a leader of the women's suffrage movement, a physician, and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers. Her longtime companion was Lucy Elmina Anthony, who was the niece of Susan B. Anthony. Very good minus. Item #1131
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