Mary Mcdowell Howard E Wilson (1 results)

Condition: Very Good +. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1928. First Edition. Signed by social reformer Mary McDowell at front free endpaper, "'Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be.' One has to bear and forebeare [sic] at birthdays, [undeciphered] . Mary McDowell November 30th 1929." Octavo. 235 pp. Black and white photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy. Mary McDowell was a prominent figure in the Chicago Settlement movement, working with Jane Addams at Hull House and later worked actively in the labor movement, eventually founding the Women's Trade Union League branch in Chicago. Material signed by McDowell scarce.…