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Book Title: Women And The Work Of Benevolence: Morality, Politics, And C...
Item Length: 0.9in
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Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Lori D. Ginzberg
Publication Name: Women and the Work of Benevolence : Morality, Politics, and Class in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 1992
Series: Yale Historical Publications Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
