{"product_id":"mary-elizabeth-garrett-9781421438641","title":"Mary Elizabeth Garrett","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA captivating look at the remarkable life of this nineteenth-century suffragist, philanthropist, and reformer.   Mary Elizabeth Garrett was one of the most influential philanthropists and women activists of the Gilded Age. With Mary's legacy all but forgotten, Kathleen Waters Sander recounts in impressive detail the life and times of this remarkable woman, through the turbulent years of the Civil War to the early twentieth century. At once a captivating biography of Garrett and an epic account of the rise of commerce, railroading, and women's rights, Sander's work reexamines the great social and political movements of the age.   As the youngest child and only daughter of the B\u0026amp;O Railroad mogul John Work Garrett, Mary was bright and capable, well suited to become her father's heir apparent. But social convention prohibited her from following in his footsteps, a source of great frustration for the brilliant and strong-willed woman. Mary turned her attention instead to promoting women's r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSander's book offers a well-researched and warm portrait of a female maverick who redefined the meaning of the term \u003ci\u003edaddy's girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarrett's biography is long overdue, and Kathleen Waters Sander does a splendid job.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well-written, judicious, and engrossing examination of one of the major women philanthropists in the United States during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important, richly detailed biography of a formidable nineteenth-century woman who worked in a man's world to help women attain education, suffrage, and equality.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Senator Barbara A. Mikulski\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Quiet Revolutionary\u003cbr\u003e1. Garrett's Road\u003cbr\u003e2. Ascension\u003cbr\u003e3. Expansion and Restriction\u003cbr\u003e4. After Garrett\u003cbr\u003e5. The Practical Head of the Garrett Family\u003cbr\u003e6. The Scheme\u003cbr\u003e7. A Pleasure to Be Bought\u003cbr\u003e8. The Happiness of Getting Our Work Done\u003cbr\u003e9. Wise and Far-sighted\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Class of 1879, the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Analysis of the Women's Medical School Fund Campaign\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408138838359,"sku":"9781421438641","price":20.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438641.jpg?v=1730501729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mary-elizabeth-garrett-9781421438641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}