A Woman's Journeyings In The New Northwest.
Cleveland, Ohio: B-P Printing Co., 1892. Octavo, green wrappers, 180 pp. Extremely scarce Western travel memoir by a Cleveland woman. "This is an account by a woman who came to Washington in the spring of 1890 to establish chapters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She provides some strong descriptions of local women and their achievements, such as the woman school superintendent in Lincoln County who won three elections, but was denied office on account of her sex" (An Annotated Bibliography of Sources on the History of Oregon and Washington Women, 1787-1970, 12). Front wrapper detached, chipped and soiled, rear wrapper lacking, pages toned, staples rusted. Item #10022
Price: $250.00