Daughter of Earth, Agnes Smedley, The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993, Softcover, ISBN is 9780935312683, 7x5x1.25″, 426pp. Intro by Alice Walker and Afterword by Nancy Hoffman…a major text of 20th century feminism.
LIKE NEW condition -book appears never opened, never read…tight square binding, no crease in spine, pages clean and supple wit no markings noticed.
After completion. of this, her. only novel, Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) moved to China in 1928, where she lived for the rest of her life “This gritty autobiographical novel recreates the amazing life story of an American working class woman. Revered writer and activist Agnes Smedley worked to advance the cause of human justice on three continents as a writer and political activist. Here, she relives in fictionalized form her first thirty-three years growing up on the wrong side of the tracks; discovering double standards of class, race, and sex among East Coast intellectuals; facing false espionage charges; and maintaining her independence through two tormented marriages.”