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Summary
A biography of the popular writer who, in the mid-nineteenth century, gave up her literary success to fight for the abolition of slavery, for women's rights, and for the fair treatment of American Indians. Full description
Series: Oxford portraits
Arthur Conan Doyle: beyond Baker Street
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: the right is ours
John D. Rockefeller: anointed with oil
Jack London: an American original
Lydia Maria Child: the quest for racial justice
Samuel Adams: son of liberty, father of revolution
Benjamin Franklin: inventing America
Jacob Riis: reporter and reformer