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Title Statement | Something worth doing: a novel of an early suffragist / Jane Kirkpatrick. |
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Author | Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946- |
Publication | Grand Rapids, Michigan: Revell,[2020]©2020 |
Extent of Item | 312 pages ; |
ISBN | 0800736117 (pbk.) 9780800736118 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3959773 |
General Notes | Includes discussion questions. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | "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. Based on a true story of a pioneer for women's rights from award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick will inspire you to believe that some things are worth doing - even when the cost is great"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Women--Fiction--Suffrage |
Women's rights--Fiction | |
Women journalists--Fiction | |
Women--Fiction--Social conditions--19th century | |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Biographical fiction | |
Christian fiction |