LANE, MARGARET.

Frances Wright and the "Great Experiment."

Manchester [UK]: Manchester University Press; Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, [c1972]. First edition, small, thin 8vo, pp. [6], 50; frontispiece portrait and 9 illustrations on rectos and versos of 2 plates; original light yellow paper-covered boards printed in brown with portrait vignette on front cover; light wear and soiling otherwise a very good copy. Notorious on both sides of the Atlantic during her lifetime--for daring to speak publicly against slavery and for "free love" and equality for women--Wright (1795-1852) today is revered as an early feminist and ranks among those inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Item #28074

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