New York: Basic Books, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; xiv, 176pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped, with light shelfwear, a few small abrassions and tiny tears, and small patch of sticker residue to front panel. Volume focusing on the attributes and responsibilities of women as family arbiters, and examining "the problems the modern woman must encounter as the homemaker of an urban family, a breadwinner, a colleague of men, and a wife" (from front flap).

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 31792
Title: The Challenge to Women
Author: FARBER, Seymour M. and Roger H.L. Wilson (editors)
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Basic Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1966
Bookseller catalogs: Women; Social History;

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