Grace C Strachan (9 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 86 pp. Ochre Cloth Boards. Brown lettering. Previous owners name f.e.p. A few pages have ink notations.B&W illustrations and photographs.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good++. No Jacket. First Edition. Frontis. Illustrated. Index. 86pp. Ochre cloth boards with brown title on front board. Slight crease in rear board. Scarce. Hardcover.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating and timely account of a pivotal moment in the fight for women's rights in America. It chronicles the struggle of women teachers in New York City at the beginning of the 20th century to achieve equal pay for equal work, a fight that mirrored the larger national movement for women's suffrage. The author, a woman teacher herself, provides a detailed and impassioned argument for the justice of the women's cause, meticulously detailing the historical and social context for their struggle and illuminating the discriminatory practices that underlay the unequal pay structure. Through firsthand accounts, speeches, letters, and official documents, the author exposes the hypocrisy of a system that preached equality while perpetuating inequality, and ultimately argues that the fight for equal pay for women was not merely an economic struggle, but a moral one, directly impacting the well-being of the entire community and the future of American society. The book provides a compelling and insightful glimpse into a crucial moment in the fight for gender equality, reminding us that the struggle for fairness and justice is an ongoing one that requires constant vigilance and unwavering commitment. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good with a black stain on the bottom one quarter inch of the spine, without a dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 570pp. Portrait frontispieces. Red cloth gilt. Slight spotting on the front board, else a nice, near fine copy.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Portrait poster tribute to Grace C. Strachan, the President of the Interborough Association of Women Teachers and the leader of the "Movement for Equal Pay" in New York City. Printed on heavy card stock and measuring 10.25" x 15.5". Near very good with some light soiling at the margins. Once mounted as some paper remnants are affixed to the verso, with a crack or split at the upper right corner; held together by one of the paper remnants. The poster features a portrait of Strachan positioned above a plaque dated 1912 with verses lauding her qualities. Strachan began her teaching career in Brooklyn in 1893 and was rapidly promoted until in 1900 she had become the Associate Superintendent of Schools. When the greater New York City school system was consolidated in 1900, she was selected to serve as a district superintendent. At the time, beginning women teachers were paid only $600 a year or about two-thirds that of a beginning male teacher ($900), and women's salaries topped out at $1,440 year or about 60% that of a male teacher ($2,400/year) with equivalent credentials and experience. In her new position, Strachan began campaigning for "Equal Pay for Equal Work" and eventually published a book with that title about the same time she became the President of the Interborough Association of Women Teachers (IAWT). As the association president she lobbied extensively for the cause, and was finally successful in the fall of 1911. This tribute poster was printed the following year. Interestingly, she may have become quite wealthy as a result of her campaign as *The New York Times reported that 90% of New York City's female teachers pledged to contribute their first month's salary increase - a total of over $200,000 - as a thank-you "endowment" to Strachan who, when questioned, did not definitively deny that she would accept such a gift, replying, "That is like asking a boy if he would refuse to be President of the United States. We can't grasp what is only in the air.".

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1910 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 624 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 624 Language: English.