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1	The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience more books like this by Kirstin Downey add to wishlist Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins's own, award-winning journalist Downey offers a riveting exploration of the woman who was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion. see all copies from $16.99! new only from $18.75! \| first editions \| SVS
2	My Name Is Rachel Corrie more books like this by Rachel Corrie add to wishlist Why did a 23-year-old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home? "My Name is Rachel Corrie" tells the story of her short life and sudden death from the words she left behind. First presented at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Alan Rickman - it was subsequently presented in the West ... see all copies from $2.86! new only from $7.52! \| SVS
3	Women in Antebellum Reform more books like this by Professor Lori D Ginzberg add to wishlist "This is a soul-stirring era," remarked the Reverend William Mitchell in 1835, "and will be so recorded in the annals of time." Countless antebellum reformers agreed. The United States was awash in efforts to change itself, a 'sisterhood of reforms' emerging to characterise the efforts of hundreds of thousands of Americans. In all of this, women ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
4	500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 Anos de La Mujer Chicana more books like this by Elizabeth Martinez (Betita) add to wishlist The book offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. see all copies from $11.85! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
5	Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care more books like this by Margaret Muckenhoupt add to wishlist see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.19! \| SVS
6	Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy more books like this by Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis Brindell Fradin add to wishlist In this well-researched and inspiring account, an acclaimed husband-and-wife team draws upon hundreds of historical documents and archival photographs to create a revealing portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning social worker and peace activist. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $10.50! \| SVS
7	The Grace Abbott Reader more books like this by Grace Abbott, Dr. John Sorensen (Editor), Professor Judith Sealander (Editor) add to wishlist This reader features the most influential and insightful writings of Grace Abbott (1878-1939), a tireless and brilliant social reformer in the early twentieth century. These writings contributed to the development of social programs that safeguarded mothers and children, protected immigrants from abuse, and rescued child labourers from the ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $19.41! \| SVS
8	Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them more books like this by Katherine Martin (Editor) add to wishlist This text examines courage, but not the courage of action heroes. Instead it redefines what courage is, and finds it in the stories of 50 women who tell stories of healing, revelation and catharsis. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Killer Angel: A Short Biography of Planned Parenthood's Founder, Margaret Sanger more books like this by George Grant add to wishlist see all copies from $2.38! new only from $7.21! \| SVS
10	Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning, Antislavery, and Women's Political Identity more books like this by Susan Zaeske add to wishlist In this comprehensive history of women's antislavery petitions addressed to Congress, Susan Zaeske argues that by petitioning, women not only contributed significantly to the movement to abolish slavery but also made important strides toward securing their own rights and transforming their own political identity. By analyzing the language of women ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
11 view cover	A Voice from the Wilderness: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw more books like this by Don Brown add to wishlist With his magical storytelling and radiant artwork, Brown welcomes readers into the pioneer life of Anna Howard Shaw, an extraordinary woman who braved the North American wilderness to become a suffragette. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Education of Jane Addams more books like this by Victoria Bissell Brown add to wishlist Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title The Education of Jane Addams traces, with unprecedented care, Addams's three-decade journey from a privileged prairie girlhood through her years as the competent spinster daughter in a demanding family after her father's death to her early seasoning on the Chicago reform scene. It ... see all copies from $9.75! new only from $19.71! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Women of Spirit: Stories of Courage from the Women Who Lived Them more books like this by Katherine Martin, Judith Orloff, MD (Foreword by) add to wishlist WOMEN OF SPIRIT contains forty original stories of courage in which the famous and not-so-famous share their stories of real-life bravery. The stories are told in the voices of each individual woman, giving each story a unique immediacy. Included are Debra Williams, who blew the whistle on medical malpractice in a midwestern prison; Sonya Bell, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila more books like this by Sandy Polishuk add to wishlist Although married four times, Julia Ruuttila claimed that the love of her life was not a man but a union. From her Industrial Workers of the World origins to the CIO, the International Woodworkers of America, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, she stuck to unions throughout her long and vibrant life. A well known labor activist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.84! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873--1935 more books like this by Professor Leigh Ann Wheeler add to wishlist In the tumultuous early decades of the twentieth century, women reformers provoked tremendous political and cultural change. Temperance activists succeeded in enacting Prohibition and then saw it repealed. Welfare reformers built and then dismantled the Children's Bureau. Suffragists cheered their momentous victory and then quarreled over its ... see all copies from $17.45! new only from $24.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Notes of Sixty Years: The Autobiography of Florence Kelley more books like this by Kathryn Kish Sklar (Designed by) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!
17 view cover	My Friend, Julia Lathrop more books like this by Jane Addams add to wishlist As one of the four members of the inner circle at Hull-House, Julia Lathrop played an instrumental role in the field of social reform for more than fifty years. Working tirelessly for women, children, immigrants and workers, she was the first head of the federal Children's Bureau, an ardent advocate of woman suffrage, and a cultural leader. She ... see all copies from $5.03! new only from $12.96! \| first editions
18 view cover	Shameless: The Visionary Life of Mary Gove Nichols more books like this by Jean L Silver-Isenstadt add to wishlist Though little known today, Mary Gove Nichols (1810-84) was once one of the most infamous and influential women in America, a radical social reformer and pioneering feminist who preached equality in marriage, free love, spiritualism, the health risks of corsets and masturbation, the benefits of the cold-water cure, and, above all, the importance of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
19	Margaret Sanger, Pioneer of the Future more books like this by Emily T. Douglas add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	From Charity to Social Work more books like this by Elizabeth N Agnew add to wishlist Mary E. Richmond (1861-1928) was a contemporary of Jane Addams and an influential leader in the American charity organization movement. In this biography - the first in-depth study of Richmond's life and work - Elizabeth N. Agnew examines the contributions of this important, if hitherto under-valued, woman to the field of charity and to its ... see all copies from $33.00! new only from $42.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Shapers of the Great Debate on Women's Rights: A Biographical Dictionary more books like this by Joyce Duncan add to wishlist American history has been shaped by numerous debates over issues far ranging in content and time. Each volume in this series focuses on a particular issue, concentrating on those men and women who shaped the debates. The authors pay special attention to fleshing out the life histories of the shapers, considering the relationship between biography ... see all copies from $42.55! new only from $92.10!
22 view cover	Margaret Sanger: Rebel for Women's Rights more books like this by Vicki Cox add to wishlist Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in the United States and was an international leader in the field. Her work as a nurse convinced her that limiting the size of families through elective birth control was needed to achieve social progress. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	Purifying America: Women, Cultural Reform, and Pro-Cencorship Activism, 1873-1933 more books like this by Alison M Parker add to wishlist "Purifying America" explores the widespread middle-class advocacy of censorship as a popular reform around the turn of the century and provides a historical perspective on contemporary debates over censorship, morality, and pornography that continue to divide women. 'Makes significant contributions not only to our knowledge of the WCTU and of pro ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $91.68!
24 view cover	The First of Causes to Our Sex: The Female Moral Reform Movement in the Antebellum Northeast, 1834-1848 more books like this by Daniel S Wright add to wishlist "The First of Causes to Our Sex" is a study of the first movement in the United States for social change by and for women. Female moral reform in the 1830s and '40s was a campaign to abolish sexual vice and the sexual double standard, and to promote sexual abstinence among the young as they entered the marriage market. The movement has earned a ... see all copies from $85.00! new only from $114.73!
25 view cover	Jane Addams: A Life of Cooperation more books like this by Ann-Marie Kishel add to wishlist see all copies from $18.02! new only from $20.82! \| SVS

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