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1897 Autobiography of Mary A. Livermore, Civil War Journalist, Suffragette.
Lot 172. 1897 Autobiography of Mary A. Livermore, Civil War Journalist, Suffragette. One of the fascinating forgotten names of U.S. history, Mary Ashton Rice was born in Boston in 1820. After graduating from the Female Seminary in Massachusetts, she married Rev. Daniel Livermore, a Universalist minister. During the Civil War, she served on the front lines as a nurse and worked as a correspondent for numerous publications. She was the only woman reporter at Lincoln’s inauguration. After the war, she became involved in women’s rights. She established The Agitator, which advocated voting for women. A. D. Worthington & Co. published her autobiography in 1897. Titled The Story of My Life, or The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years, the book details her life and contains six of her lectures. It is nicely illustrated with drawings and 18 photogravure plates. Probably a former library copy. Cover is slightly loose but firmly attached. No dust jacket as published. The first 10 pages are stained. G-vg with almost all of the contents ex.
Winning Bid $10.
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