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Kirkpatrick, Jane,
1946-
Something Worth Doing :
A Novel of an Early Suffragist /
Jane Kirkpatrick.
Worth doing :
a novel of an early suffragist.
Novel of an early suffragist.
Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group,
[2020]
312 pages ;
23 cm.
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Includes discussion questions.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote. Following Abigail as she bears six children, runs a millinery and a private school, helps on the farm, writes novels, gives speeches, and eventually runs a newspaper supporting women's suffrage, Something Worth Doing explores issues that will resonate strongly with modern women: the pull between career and family, finding one's place in the public sphere, and dealing with frustrations and prejudices women encounter when they compete in male-dominated spaces. Based on a true story of a pioneer for women's rights from award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick will inspire you to believe that some things are worth doing--even when the cost is great.
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Duniway, Abigail Scott,
1834-1915.
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Fiction.
Women
Suffrage
Fiction.
Women's Rights
Fiction.
West (U.S.)
Fiction.
Christian Fiction.