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Abby Hopper Gibbons
Prison Reformer and Social Activist
by Margaret Hope Bacon
235 Pages, Published by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-9285-7, ISBN: 0-7914-9285-0

"... library a gift of this valuable correspondence. Without these papers, and the continuing support and generous aid of Sarah Dunning Schear, I would never have been able to complete this biography. I am grateful also to Mary Ellen Chiiioke ..."






Valiant Friend(1st Edition)
The Life of Lucretia Mott
by Margaret Hope Bacon, Diane Lynch-Fraser
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 1990 by Walker & Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-7190-2, ISBN: 0-8027-7190-4






Back to Africa
Benjamin Coates and the Colonization Movement in America, 1848-1880
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Published 2010 by Penn State Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-271-04571-9, ISBN: 0-271-04571-X

"Commercial Advertiser Letter 60, Pinney to Coates, September 28, 1859 Colonization Herald Letter 7, Coates to Douglass, January 16, 1851 Letter 12, Coates to McLain, January 10, 1852 Letter 112, Coates to Coppinger, May 20, 1868 Letter ... 1859 Doctor Barth's Travels Letter 42, Douglass to Coates, May 2, 1859 Ellis, William, Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854- 1856 Letter 52, "2 Elli's visits," Smith to Coates, Au ..."






But One Race
The Life of Robert Purvis (Excelsior Editions)
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 2010 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7008-4, ISBN: 0-7914-7008-3

"Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.Born in South Carolina to a wealthy white father and mixed race mother, Robert Purvis (1810–1898) was one of the nineteenth century’s leading black abolitionists and orators. In this first biography of Purvis, Margaret Hope Bacon uses his eloquent and often fierce speeches to provide a glimpse into the life of a passionate and distinguished man, intim ..."






The Back Bench
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 127 Pages, Published 2007 by Quaker Pr Of Friends General
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-49-4, ISBN: 1-888305-49-5

"Fourteen-year-old Myra, a Hicksite Quaker, chronicles the year she spends with her Orthodox Quaker aunt and uncle trying to adjust to the loss of her mother."






But One Race
The Life of Robert Purvis
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Published 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4294-7137-4, ISBN: 1-4294-7137-9






But One Race
The Life of Robert Purvis
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Hardcover, 293 Pages, Published 2007 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7007-7, ISBN: 0-7914-7007-5

"Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.Born in South Carolina to a wealthy white father and mixed race mother, Robert Purvis (1810–1898) was one of the nineteenth century’s leading black abolitionists and orators. In this first biography of Purvis, Margaret Hope Bacon uses his eloquent and often fierce speeches to provide a glimpse into the life of a passionate and distinguished man, intimately ..."






Excelsior Editions
But One Race: the Life of Robert Purvis
by Margaret Hope Bacon
293 Pages, Published 2007 by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-8042-7, ISBN: 0-7914-8042-9

"Phillip Lapsansky, Charlene Peacock, and Linda August of the Li- brary Company of Philadelphia; Rachel Onfu, and Linda Stanley of the Manuscript Division of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; John Pol- lack of the Rare Books Collection, University of Pennsylvania; and Emma Lapsansky–Werner, Curator of Special Collections at Haverford College, were helpful in the project. At Special Collections in addition Iwould like to thank ..."






Henry J Cadbury
Scholar, Activist, Disciple (Pendle Hill Pamphlet 376, 376)
by Margaret Hope Bacon
38 Pages, Published 2005 by Pendle Hill Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-376-9, ISBN: 0-87574-376-5






Sarah Mapps Douglass, Faithful Attender of Quaker Meeting
View from the Back Bench
by Margaret Hope Bacon, Vanessa D. Julye
Paperback, 34 Pages, Published 2003 by Quaker Pr Of Friends General
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-27-2, ISBN: 1-888305-27-4

"In the biography that follows Margaret Hope Bacon explores Sarahs life, her experiences with Friends and Friends meetings in Philadelphia and New York, and her work against slavery and on behalf of her community."






Year of Grace
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2002 by Quaker Pr Of Friends General
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-73-9, ISBN: 1-888305-73-8

"... PA 19 107 ISBN: 1-888305-73-8 Printed in the United States of America Composition and design by David Budmen Cover photograph "Canoe in the Pine Barens" by Nate Terrell To order more copies of this publication or other Quaker titles ..."






Abby Hopper Gibbons
Prison Reformer and Social Activist (Suny Series in Women, Crime, and Criminology)
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Hardcover, 217 Pages, Published 2000 by State Univ Of New York Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-4497-9, ISBN: 0-7914-4497-X

"... borrow segments of this correspondence before it was catalogued, and her aid in every step of the preparation of this manuscript. Other research libraries were also generous in making manuscripts available to me. I would like to express appreciation to Emma Lapsansky and Elizabeth Potts Brown, of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College, to Elizabeth Moger, former archivist for New York Yearly Meeting Records, to the archivis ..."






Abby Hopper Gibbons
Prison Reformer and Social Activist (SUNY series in Women, Crime, and Criminology)
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 235 Pages, Published 2000 by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-4498-6, ISBN: 0-7914-4498-8

"The first contemporary biography of Abby Hopper Gibbons, a nineteenth-century American social activist. Involved in a broad range of reform activities, she is particularly known for her pioneering efforts to improve the treatment of women prisoners.This first contemporary biography of nineteenth-century American social activist and prison reformer Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893) illuminates women’s changing role in the various reform ..."






Abby Hopper Gibbons
Prison Reformer and Social Activist
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Published 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-585-30852-4, ISBN: 0-585-30852-7






Valiant Friend
The Life of Lucretia Mott
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1999 by Friends General Conference
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-11-1, ISBN: 1-888305-11-8






Valiant friend(Updated)
The life of Lucretia Mott
by Margaret Hope Bacon, Mary Snyder
Paperback, 295 Pages, Published 1999 by Friends General Conference
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-09-8, ISBN: 1-888305-09-6

"The compelling story of Lucretia Mott, whose life of constant battle never betrayed her Quaker pacifism. She fought slavery, poverty, war, and the low status of women in nineteenth century society."






The Quiet Rebels
The Story of the Quakers in America
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 249 Pages, Published 1999 by Pendle Hill Pubns
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-935-8, ISBN: 0-87574-935-6

"Lucid and absorbing, The Quiet Rebels tells the moving story of the Religious Society of Friends and its unique contribution to the history of the United States, from the day in 1656 when the first Publishers of the Truth arrived in Boston ..."






Love Is the Hardest Lesson
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1999 by Pendle Hill Pubns
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-936-5, ISBN: 0-87574-936-4

"Her husband Allen had been assigned there as a conscientious objector to the war. This story is of Margaret and her difficulties with the hospital staff and the profound relationship she builds with one of the patients."






Wilt Thou Go on My Errand?
Three 18th Century Journals of Quaker Women Ministers
by Margaret Hope Bacon
406 Pages, Published 1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-956-3, ISBN: 0-87574-956-9






One Woman's Passion for Peace and Freedom(1st Edition)
The Life of Mildred Scott Olmsted (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
by Margaret Hope Bacon
Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 1993 by Syracuse Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0270-5, ISBN: 0-8156-0270-7

"One Woman's Passion for Peace and Freedom recreates the public and private life of a tireless worker for peace. Mildred Scott Olmsted (1890-1990) traveled the world, drawing women into the struggle for peace with her hopeful vision and great energy. A protege of Jane Addams, she devoted her life to building the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the first and most influential international peace group for women. ..."



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