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Book/Printed Material Women and the alphabet : a series of essays

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Title

  • Women and the alphabet : a series of essays

Names

  • Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911.
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner.
  • Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, former owner.
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press, 1900.

Contents

  • Ought women to learn the alphabet? -- Physiology -- Temperament -- The home -- Society -- Study and work -- Principles of government -- Suffrage -- Objections to suffrage.

Headings

  • -  Women--Social and moral questions
  • -  Women--Education

Notes

  • -  The first essay "Ought women to learn the alphabet?" appeared originally in the "Atlantic monthly," Feb. 1859, the remaining papers in "Common sense about women," which was made up largely of papers from the "Woman's journal." cf. Pref.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC scc 2020-01-27 no edits (2 card)
  • -  LAC scc 2020-02-18 no edits (1 card)
  • -  Card for this date PS1925.A2 1900aLAC scc 2020-02-18
  • -  LAC ael 2021-08-17 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • vii, 360 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS1925 .A2 1900 vol. 4
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 159a With bookplate of National American Woman Suffrage Association; from the library of Lucy Stone. Gift of NAWSA, Nov. 1, 1938.
  • PS1925 .A2 1900 vol. 4 Copy 3 Signed by Isabella L. Houghton and Carrie Chapman Catt. Bookplate of C.C. Catt. Gift of C.C. Catt, May 16, 1941.
  • PS1925 .A2 1900a vol. 4 Another issue. 22 cm. Large paper ed., limited to 200 copies.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04015627

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Carrie Chapman Catt, Lucy Stone, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, and Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection. Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. ; Cambridge Mass.: Riverside Press, 1900] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04015627/.

APA citation style:

Higginson, T. W., Catt, C. C., Stone, L., National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection & Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection. (1900) Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. ; Cambridge Mass.: Riverside Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04015627/.

MLA citation style:

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, et al. Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. ; Cambridge Mass.: Riverside Press, 1900] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04015627/>.