Jessie Benton Frémont: A Woman Who Made History [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]

Phillips, Catherine Coffin. Jessie Benton Frémont: A Woman Who Made History [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1935. Quarto. (vii), 361pp. Original burgundy colored dust jacket with black lettering on covers and spine. Burgundy colored paper boards over tan fabric with pasted on tan label with black lettering on spine. Cut papers. Frontispiece. Inscribed and signed in interior front cover.

Frémont’s initial notability came from her family: she was the daughter of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton and the wife of military officer, explorer and politician, John C. Frémont. She wrote many stories that were printed in popular magazines of the time as well as several books of historical value. Her writings, which helped support her family during times of financial difficulty, were memoirs of her husband’s, and her own, time in the American West—back when the West was an exotic frontier.

A great supporter of her husband, who was one of the first two Senators of the new U.S. state of California and a Governor of the Territory of Arizona, she was outspoken on political issues and a determined opponent of slavery, which was excluded from the formation of California. By maintaining a high level of political involvement during a period that was extremely unfavorable for women, Jessie Benton Frémont proved herself to be years ahead of her time. – wikipedia

This memorial begins with an introduction and twenty subsequent chapters. At rear of book is the appendix: Personal recollections of Jessie Benton Fremont, Bibliography, Periodicals and Pamphlets, Newspapers, Fremont family papers, Publications on Jessie Benton Fremont, Birth and death dates of the Fremont family concluding with Index.

Small tear to lower right front dust jacket front cover. Minor chipping to top of dj front cover. Sunning of dj spine. Rubbing to head of dj spine. Light foxing to binding rear cover. Dj in very good-, binding and interior in very good condition overall. very good- to very good.. Hardcover. (44579) $75