Chester, E. [ Paine, Harriet Eliza] Girls and Women Published by The Riverside Press, Boston, 1891. Book 8 of "The Riverside Library for Young People"
Hard cover in blue cloth with stamped navy floral decoration to front board, (copyright 1890). 228pp. Advice book for girls and women by Chapters include "An Aim in Life", "Health", "Self-Support - Shall Girls Support Themselves?", "Narrow Lives". Condition: About Very Good with tiny closed tear to bottom of title page. " Eliza Chester", aka Harriet Eliza Paine (1845 - 1910), was a contemporary and fellow Wheaton College student of the Massachusetts poet Lucy Larcom. She was an important proponent of ethics and education for women. Born in Rehobeth, south of Boston, she died not far from this bookseller in Groveland, north of Boston. The papers of both of these nineteenth century feminists are in the special collections of Wheaton College. OCLC 1037541678.

Ref: WAUTH 8237

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