Free Thinker by Kimberly A. Hamlin PAPERBACK 9781324021872

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When Ohio newspapers published the story of Alice Chenoweth\u2019s affair with a married man, she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York and devoted her life to championing women\u2019s rights and decrying the sexual double standard. She published seven books and countless essays, hobnobbed with the most interesting thinkers of her era and was celebrated for her audacious ideas and keen wit. Opposed to piety, temperance and conventional thinking, Gardener eventually settled in Washington, DC, where her tireless work proved, according to her colleague Maud Wood Park, \u201Cthe most potent factor\u201D in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.\nFree Thinker is the first biography of Helen Hamilton Gardener, who died as the highest-ranking woman in federal government and an American\n\nFree Thinker\nThe Extraordinary Life of the Fallen Woman Who Won the Vote\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Ma;