"Celebrated in her own time but lost to history in ours, Helen Hamilton Gardener died as the highest-ranking woman in federal government and a national symbol of female citizenship. She devoted her life to championing women's rights and decrying the sexual double standard. In Free Thinker, the first biography of her life, historian Kimberly A. Hamlin gives readers a propulsive and detailed look in Gardener's life and work."-Back cover.
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