Augusta, Maine: True and Company, 1883. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2354016

Spine faded, edges a bit rubbed with corners slightly exposed, pages toned, front hinge just beginning to weaken, frontispiece foxed, owner bookplate and pencil name on front endpaper.

730 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gold and black decorations, engraved frontispiece portrait of author, twenty-five other portraits and seven other engravings in text. Reissue of work first published in 1876 as simply Women of the Century, with additional engravings. A collection of biographical sketches of notable women, mostly American, though the first chapter treats figures from Biblical, ancient, and classical history. Includes: Preliminary; Women of the Revolution; The Wives of the Presidents; Women Leaders in Society; Philanthropic Women; Women During the Civil War; Literary Women; Women Poets; Women-Scientists; Women Artists; Women Lecturers; Women Reformers; Women Preachers; Women Missionaries; Women Educators; Women Physicians; Women as Readers, Actors, and Singers; Women in Business; Women of Faith; Women Inventors; Women Lawyers; Women Journalists; Women Printers; Women Librarians; Women Agriculturists; Women Historians; Women Travellers.

Price: $50.00