Life and Labors of Miss Catherine S. Lawrence (Abridged, Annotated)

Résumé du livre

"Slavery and intemperance: the two evils of this country."From an early age, Catherine Lawrence devoted her life to the relief of the suffering of others. Like many strong women of her time, she eventually embraced abolition, the temperance movement, and women's suffrage.A deeply religious woman, she felt a calling to help others. During the American Civil War, she worked as a nurse to wounded and dying soldiers.