| The Woman Who Toils: Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Van Vorst, John (Author), Vorst, Marie Van (Author), Roosevelt, Theodore, IV (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1409964515 ISBN-13: 9781409964513 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $16.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Mrs. John (Bessie) Van Vorst, nee McGinnis (1873- 1928) was an American author and social reformer. She lived for a time in France with her sister-in-law Marie Van Vorst (1867-1936) and they collaborated on several works including Bagby's Daughter (1901) and The Woman Who Toils (1903). Bessie also wrote: The Issues of Life (1904), Letters to Women in Love (1906), The Cry of the Children (1908), To the Homeward-Bound Americans (1919) and A Girl from China (Soumay Tcheng) (1926). Marie also wrote: Amanda of the Mill (1905), Miss Desmond: An Impression (1906), The Sin of George Warrener (1906), The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode (1908), In Ambush (1909), The Girl From His Town (1910), The Two Faces (1911), Fairfax and His Pride (1913), Big Tremaine (1916) and Sunrise (1924). |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |