Clavia Goodman
Bitter Harvest: Laura Clay's Suffrage Work, 1946
Lexington, KY: Bur Press
One of 275 copies.
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Octavo. 73pp. Frontispiece portrait of Laura Clay, one of the leaders of the Women's Rights Movement, tallying a number of emphatic legislative wins for women in Kentucky. Though no exception...
Octavo. 73pp. Frontispiece portrait of Laura Clay, one of the leaders of the Women's Rights Movement, tallying a number of emphatic legislative wins for women in Kentucky. Though no exception to the problematic beliefs that underpinned the movement, Clay's influence had immediate impact in Kentucky, which the best female voter turnout among all states directly following the legalization of suffrage. Printed by Amelia Buckley and Carolyn Reading (eventually, Hammer, married to Victor Hammer). Minor rubbing to corners, else near fine in quarter black cloth with marbled paper over boards.