With observations as astute and as lively as those …

With observations as astute and as lively as those of her subject, Claudia Bushman shows us how Harriet Robinson, former mill-girl and aspiring middle-class housewife, became an activist for women’s rights. Interspersing her own interpretations with vibrant selections from Robinson’s diary, Bushman demonstrates that engagement in the cause was transformative even though the ultimate goal-votes for women-remained elusive.