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Author:
Macpherson, Myra
Title:
Scarlet sisters: sex, suffrage, and scandal in the gilded age Myra MacPherson.
Publisher:
Twelve,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xxx, 399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Subject:
Feminists -- Biography. -- Biography.
Women social reformers -- Biography. -- Biography.
Women stockbrokers -- Biography. -- Biography.
Stockbrokers -- Biography. -- Biography.
Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927.
Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1923.
Summary:
Describes the adventures of two sisters who tried to overcome the male-dominated social norms of the late nineteenth century and achieved a remarkable list of firsts, including the first woman-run brokerage house and the first woman to run for president.
ISBN:
0446570249
9780446570244
Locations:
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

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