Pioneer Women
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780766146846
Subjects: Biography: general; Historical - U.S.; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Women
First sentence: A HUNDRED years ago it was much more unusual and difficult for a woman to do public work than it is to-day, but the story of Elizabeth Fry is one of the most striking examples of how a woman may be able to carry out her duties to her family and her home, and yet have room in her heart and time in her life for the care of the desolate and the miserable, the sick and the prisoner.