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Something worth doing : a novel of an early suffragist / Jane Kirkpatrick.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780800736118
- ISBN: 0800736117
- ISBN: 0800739248
- ISBN: 9780800739249
- Physical Description: 312 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020
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| General Note: | Includes discussion questions. |
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| Subject: | Women > Suffrage > Fiction. Women's rights > Fiction. Newspapers > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Gender identity. West (U.S.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Christian fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
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