BEYOND THE GATES
first edition
1883 · Boston
by [WARD], Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 196 + adv. Tan cloth, stamped in brown and gilt. Hinges near tender, rear flyleaf mended, half-title missing, possibly ex-library, o/w VG. BAL 20917, Wright II, 2629. Ward (1844-1911) wrote numerous books and articles advocating woman's rights, suffrage, and dress reform. She was the daughter of author Elizabeth Wooster Phelps (1815-52), a novelist who died when her daughter was 8. She was heavily influenced by her mother, who described the dual nature of the life of women. (Inventory #: 51391)