Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1800-1925: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

From the nation's beginnings, efforts have been made to silence U.S. women. Yet they spoke. This biographical dictionary, the first of two companion volumes, gives their voices new recognition. Selecting thirty-seven key orators, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell provides entries on a diverse group of women. All were ground breakers--suffragists, the first lawyers, ministers, physicians, labor organizers, newspaper editors and publishers, historians, educators,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313275335
• ISBN13: 9780313275333
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.5"