The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell: A Woman's Case for Equality Poetry_Gift_Guide Beneficence is a quiet but

Beneficence is a quiet but steady book

from the women who are the heart of the game

New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Fuzz

«La comedia romántica perfecta

Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures

The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell: A Woman's Case for Equality Poetry_Gift_Guide Beneficence is a quiet butA Primary Text in the History of Gender in America Lucy Ann Lobdells (1829 1912) extraordinary life was shaped by personal strife and the hardships of survival in upstate New York. Struggling with an abusive, alcoholic husband, a young child, ailing parents, and financial strain, Lucy did what was necessary to support her family. In a rural world defined by hunting, farming, and lumbering, she dressed, labored, and lived in a traditional masculine