Society's sisters
Subtitle: stories of women who fought for social justice in America
By: Catherine Gourley.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Women social reformers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Women political activists -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Social justice -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Moral conditions -- Juvenile literature; Women social reformers; Women political activists; Social justice -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Social conditions; United States -- Moral conditions
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The woman's sphere; title: The child savers; title: Attaching the nest; title: The white ribbon women; title: Lifting as we rise; title: The agitators; title: The pacifists.