Mary Elizabeth Garrett
society and philanthropy in the gilded age
$67.87
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
A captivating look at the remarkable life of this nineteenth-century suffragist, philanthropist, and reformer.
Mary Elizabeth Garrett was one of the most influential philanthropists and women activists of the Gilded Age. With Mary’s legacy all but forgotten, Kathleen Waters Sander recounts in impressive detail the life and times of this remarkable woman, through the turbulent years of the Civil War to the early twentieth century. At once a captivating biography of Garrett and an epic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421438641 |
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| ISBN-10: | 142143864X |
| Author: | Kathleen Waters Sander, Barbara A. Mikulski |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Sander’s book offers a well-researched and warm portrait of a female maverick who redefined the meaning of the term daddy’s girl .”
Sander’s book offers a well-researched and warm portrait of a female maverick who redefined the meaning of the term daddy’s girl.—Baltimore SunHighly recommended.—Midwest Book ReviewGarrett’s biography is long overdue, and Kathleen Waters Sander does a splendid job.—American Historical ReviewA well-written, judicious, and engrossing examination of one of the major women philanthropists in the United States during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.—Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive EraAn important, richly detailed biography of a formidable nineteenth-century woman who worked in a man’s world to help women attain education, suffrage, and equality.—Journal of American History
About The Author
Kathleen Waters Sander
Kathleen Waters Sander teaches history at the University of Maryland Global Campus. She is author of The Business of Charity: The Woman’s Exchange Movement, 1832–1900 and John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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