Frances Wright

New York, 1924. 9 x 6". 269pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original wrappers, 3" split in paper over front joint, small brown spots on front cover. A fair copy. Collated and complete. Dissertation. " . Wright became the first woman in America to edit a journal, initially the Harmony Gazette, and after moving to New York City in 1829, The Free Enquirer. She also became the first American woman to give a popular lecture series before an audience of men and women. Little escaped her attention: she condemned capital punishment, cited the dangers of intolerant religion, and demanded improvements in the status of women, including equal education, legal rights for married women, liberal divorce laws, and birth control." Rebecca Bowman, "Frances Wright.".