[clean, tight copy with minimal shelfwear; jacket soiled, mild edgewear, shallow chip at top of front panel]. (B&W illustrations) "A galaxy of extraordinary women of three centuries who liberated themselves by their pen." Includes chapters devoted to Mary Wollstonecraft,Mary Shelley, the Brontes, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others.

Women Writers Feminism Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Shelley Louisa May Alcott