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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good + +. No Jacket. First Edition. 430 pp, tissue-protected frontis, preface, list of b&w illustrations, Introduction by Frances E. Willard; Mary Torrans Lathrap; Her Public Life; Character Ssketches; The Close of a Brrilliant Career; Incidents and Reminiscences; Earlier Poems; Later Poems; Miscellaneous; Annual Addresses; Addressses Before the Woman's Council. Character Sketches by Lady Henry Somerset, A. A. Hopkins, and L. R. Fiske, etc. Compiled and edited by Julia R. Parish: First Edition, 1895. "Mary Torrans Lathrap (pen name, Lena; 1838 -1895), known as "The Daniel Webster of Prohibition", was an American poet, preacher, suffragist, and temperance reformer. For 20 years, she was identified with the progressive women of Michigan who had temperance, purity, and prohibition as their watchwords, and the white ribbon as their badge. A licensed preacher for the Methodist Episcopal church (1871), she served as president of Michigan's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1882), co-founded the state's suffrage organization (1870), and worked on the amendment campaign (1874)." Minor edge wear, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black decorative front board and spine, and gilt lettering to front board and spine. Size: Large 8vo. Book.…