Society's sisters : stories of women who fought for social justice in America /

Society's sisters : stories of women who fought for social justice in America /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gourley, Catherine, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century Books, [2003]
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.
Women social reformers.
Women political activists.
Social justice > History > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
United States > Moral conditions > Juvenile literature.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Moral conditions.
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:96 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Awards:Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90) and index.
ISBN:0761328653