Women of Fair Hope |
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Author:
| Gaston, Paul |
ISBN: | 978-1-60306-257-2 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
Publisher: | NewSouth, Incorporated
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Imprint: | NewSouth Books |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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During the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspaperman, indignant over the excesses of the Gilded Age, led a group of midwesterners to the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, where they established a model community based on the utopian ideals of Henry George. In
Women of Fair Hope, Paul M. Gaston follows the dreams and achievements of three extraordinary women-an early feminist reformer, an educator, and a freed slave-whose individual desires to create a fairer, more equitable...
More DescriptionDuring the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspaperman, indignant over the excesses of the Gilded Age, led a group of midwesterners to the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, where they established a model community based on the utopian ideals of Henry George. In Women of Fair Hope, Paul M. Gaston follows the dreams and achievements of three extraordinary women-an early feminist reformer, an educator, and a freed slave-whose individual desires to create a fairer, more equitable society led them to play important roles in the life of that community.