Author: Flexner, Eleanor
Title: Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States
Description: Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press, 1959. Hardcover. Quarter-bound dark green leather with the title in silver lettering down the spine. The remainder of the cover is marbled board. There is a blue dust jacket. The title is printed in green font on a white rectangle down the blue spine. There is a mylar jacket. Pages: (7), viii-xiv, (3), 4-384. Contents are as follows: The position of American women up to 1800 -- Early steps toward equal education -- The beginnings of organization among women -- The beginnings of reform -- The Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- From Seneca Falls to the Civil War -- The Civil War -- The intellectual progress of women, 1860-1875 -- Women in the trade unions, 1860-1875 -- The emergence of a suffrage movement -- First victories in the west -- Breaking ground for suffrage -- The growth of women's organizations -- Women in the Knights of Labor and the early A.F. of L. -- The reform era and woman's rights -- The unification of the suffrage movement -- Entering the twentieth century -- Into the mainstream of organized labor -- The suffrage movement comes of age, 1906-1913 -- New life in the Federal amendment, 1914-1916 -- The turn of the tide, 1916-1918 -- Who opposed woman suffrage? -- A hard-won victory, 1918-1920. VG+/VG-: There are faint pencil marks on the front free end page. The rest of the pages are clean and bright, and the binding remains strong. The dust jacket has seen better days, with heavy wear to the spine, and the very top section of the spine missing. This does not affect any text.

Keywords: History ; Equal Rights ; ; History - American


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