Society's Sisters: Stories of Women Who Fought for Social Justice in America

by Catherine Gourley

The first generation of American women who graduated from colleges in the mid-nineteenth century wondered what it was they were supposed to do with their education. A large percentage of them turned to social reform. These women rolled up their sleeves. They started kindergartens and playground programs. They investigated filthy living conditions in tenements, then wrote legislation to authorize a cleanup of the slums. Some formed settlements, or...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761328653
• ISBN13: 9780761328650
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher