Intended for the general reader with an interest in American history, this book profiles eleven women who made enduring contributions to society: Jane Addams, Fannie Farmer, Lillian Wald, Mary McLeod Bethune, Juliette Low, Margaret Sanger, Carrie Chapman Catt, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Bourke-White, Rachel Carson and Betty Friedan. Intertwined with their lives are the issues of immigration, health care, reproductive rights, the environment and women’s rights.

The late Moira Davison Reynolds, a retired biochemist, wrote about women who made significant contributions to United States culture, including several books about activists, artists, authors and scientists. She lived in Marquette, Michigan.

Moira Davison Reynolds
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 167
Bibliographic Info: 21 photos, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2013 [1991]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7613-8
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0603-3
Imprint: McFarland

Illustrations vi
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Introduction xi

Jane Addams 1
Fannie Farmer 16
Lillian D. Wald 26
Mary McLeod Bethune 40
Juliette Gordon Low 54
Margaret Sanger 67
Carrie Chapman Catt 85
Margaret Mitchell 97
Margaret Bourke-White 110
Rachel Carson 123
Betty Friedan 134

Epilogue 145
Selected Bibliography 148
Index 155

“librarians will welcome this volume. Highly recommended”—The Book Report; “ Reynolds has written another fascinating non-fiction book for the general public on the lives of women”—Above the Bridge.