Washington wife : journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919

Washington wife : journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919

Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919

[1st ed.].

New York ; Evanston : Harper & Row publishers, 1963.

xxiv, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

917.53 S631 1963

(OCoLC)00476614

This unique account, written by the wife of a congressman from Texas and just brought to light, is a tart, lively, and enormously diverting firsthand report about people and events in a fascinating period of American history. In 1897 Ellen Maury Slayden accompanied her newly elected congressman husband to Washington. James Luther Slayden served as a member of the House of Representatives for the next twenty-two years. His wife, an inveterate diarist, a discerning and socially aware woman, made a record of the social, political, and historical events in her time ... But Ellen Slayden's interests were not limited to the social scene. She was involved in the women's suffrage movement, and both she and her husband gave much of their lives to the cause of international peace ...--Book jacket.
Includes index.
L2021G71
Gift of Stephen T. Moskey.

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