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Hanson, E. R. (fl. 1882) Our woman workers. Biographical sketches of women... in the Universalist Church.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06858 Author/Creator: Hanson, E. R. (fl. 1882) Place Written: Chicago Type: Book Date: 1882 Pagination: 500 p. + clipping 21 x 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Title continued: "for literacy, philanthropic and Christian work." Inscribed by Mary Livermore to her daughters. Among those profiled: Clara Barton, Alice and Phoebe Cary, M. Louise Thomas, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, and Frances Dana Gage. (Title is "Our Woman [sic] Workers.") Accompanied by a loose printed poem, laid-in, from a newspaper.

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