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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston/New York, 1913
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [good solid copy, minor bumping to top corners, gilt lettering on spine and front cover still bright; one-time owner's name and reading-note-to-self on ffep, some pencil underlining and occasional brief notations (also in pencil) in the text]. Sponsored by the National Federation of Settlements (and with an introduction by Jane Addams, its first president), this volume grew out a study that was "undertaken immediately upon the formation" of the organization in 1911. It was designed to gather information from settlement houses throughout the country related to the social and emotional challenges faced by women (particularly adolescent girls) who had been more or less compelled to enter the workforce out of economic necessity, and were having difficulties meeting "the general moral uncertainty of the age [and] the serious moral problems forced upon them by the reorganization of their sphere of life through its invasion by modern industry." A great deal of attention is devoted to examining such topics as "Inadequate Home Life as a Cause of Moral Strain" and "The Morality of Sex," with various prescriptive solutions offered in the areas of recreation, education, club work, etc.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1913
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the September 1913 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Neat former owner name to the front free endpaper, mild fading at the spine. Introduction by Jane Addams, among other achievements the first President of the National Federation of Settlements.