A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor"; or, a Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D.
Boston: Walker, Wise and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. [3] , 167, [1]. Bound in original brown cloth, boards ruled and decorated in blind spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, bookplate, neat name, corners gently pushed. Near Fine. Item #10387
Firsthand account of the 19th-century struggle for women's employment and gender equality by Zakrzewska, a Polish-American physician. With the bookplate of Anita E. Tyng (1838 – 1913), a trailblazing Rhode Island surgeon who, along with Dr. Lucy E. Sewall, both graduates of medical colleges, sought admission to Harvard. Their applications were dismissed with the assurance that Harvard had room for no women in any department of the university.
Price: $600.00