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[FEMINISM.]  Willard, Frances E.  Glimpses of Fifty Years, The Autobiography of An American Woman.  Illustrated.

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING.

Bound in original green Victorian cloth binding. Engraved Illustration on cover and spine. Beveled edge. Illustrated boards and end-papers. 9 1/2'' tall, this is a very large and thick book. Complete in one volume. Women's Temperance Publication Association, Chicago. 1889.

VERY GOOD and near MINT+ condition. FINE, bright and clean Interior. Hinges fully attached, internal hinge paper has some wear. Text-block is very tight and strong. This is a heavy book. Some light external rubbing. Interior is clean, particularly fresh. Free of foxing. No writing or signs of previous ownership.

This first edition includes a frontis illustrated portrait of Willard with a facsimile signature, protected by tissue. Detailed illustrations make this a very pleasurable read.

"Nothing Makes Life Dreary but Lack of Motive." -Title Page.

This is the true First Edition. Willard was one of nineteenth century America's most influential women, best known for her powerful leadership of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, at that time the nation's largest organized body of women. She used the WCTU as a pulpit to further reforms in prisons, schools and labor, campaigning for an eight hour day and equal pay for equal work, the latter a still ongoing struggle. [Browne p. 38. Davis & Joyce 4793. Krichmar 5151. DAB. NAW].

This is an important piece on the History of Feminism, Equal Rights, and Americana