The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley, 1869-1931

“An important book for general readers and scholars alike. Sklar and Palmer provide an excellent account of the unifying themes of Forence Kelley’s lifelong commitments to social legislation in general and women and children in particular.” Ellen Carol DuBois, co-editor of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist as Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays “Since this is the first and only publication of Florence Kelley’s correspondence, it marks a singular contribution to scholarship that is invaluable and long-awaited. This collection of Kelley’s vivid correspondence, with its insightful introduction and excellent notes, has been well worth the wait.” Charlene Haddock Seigfried, editor of Jane Addams’ Democracy and Social Ethics and The Long Road of Women’s Memory

Kathryn Kish Sklar is a distinguished professor of history at SUNY, Binghamton and coeditor of the online journal and database Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. She is the author of Florence Kelley and the Nation’s Work: The Rise of Women’s Political Culture, 1830-1900 and other books in the history of American women. Beverly Wilson Palmer is a research associate at Pomona College and the editor of The Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott and other books.