The Story of an Epoch-Making Movement (SCARCE 1ST W/ DJ)
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 245 PP. Good / Good. Item #8359
Maud Nathan was an outspoken advocate for better working conditions for women and for the right of women to vote. She was a founding member of the New York Consumer's League and spent her life advocating for an eight-hour workday for women and children as well as the right for women to vote. This book, Maud's first, is the story of the founding of the Consumers' League and how it worked to improve conditions for female retail workers. An important book in the fields of labor history as well as suffrage.
Original cloth with title stamping to cover and spine in gilt. Light rubbing to stamping and rear hinge is cracked. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Housed in very scarce original dust jacket that retains the price of $2.50 on the front flap. Jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends. Minor paper loss at folds.
Price: $300.00