Title: Claws of a Young Century
Description: Seventeen-year-old Ellen's optimistic dream of a bright new century full of hope on New Year's Eve 1899 seems a far cry from the reality of the next 20 years as she and all those close to her fight private and social battles that leave none of their lives unchanged.
Subjects: Fiction, Social conditions, Women's rights
Places: United States
Time periods: 1865-1918