[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] [WOMEN] [MANUSCRIPT] Virginia Cookery Book

Richmond, Virginia: Virginia League of Women Voters, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream illustrated boards. Poor. 192 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. The Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) was organized to succeed the Equal Suffrage League (ESL) in 1920. By October 1920, more than 13,000 Richmond women, including 10,645 white women and 2,410 black women, had registered to vote in the November presidential election. Hinges cracked but holding. [BROWN 4297].