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Something worth doing : a novel of an early suffragist / Jane Kirkpatrick.
Some things are worth doing--even when the cost is great. Based on a true story of a pioneer for women's rights. In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote. Following Abigail as she bears six children, runs a millinery and a private school, helps on the farm, writes novels, gives speeches, and eventually runs a newspaper supporting women's suffrage, Something Worth Doing explores issues that will resonate strongly with modern women: the pull between career and family, finding one's place in the public sphere, and dealing with frustrations and prejudices women encounter when they compete in male-dominated spaces.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780800736118
- ISBN: 0800736117
- Physical Description: 312 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discussion questions. |
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| Subject: | Women > Suffrage > Fiction. Women's rights > Fiction. Newspapers > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Western fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Religious fiction. Christian fiction. |
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- 31 of 31 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F KIR 2020 (Text) | 0002205659929 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F KIR 2020 (Text) | 0002205659911 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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