Lydia Maria Child
Subtitle: the quest for racial justice
By: Lori Kenschaft.
Series: Oxford portraits
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 -- Juvenile literature; Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880; Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Authors, American; Abolitionists; Women -- Biography
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A biography of the popular writer who, in the mid-nineteenth century, gave up her literary success to fight for the abolition of slavery, for women's rights, and for the fair treatment of American Indians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-119) and index.