Constitutional Amendment Manual. Containing Argument, Appeal, Petitions, Forms of Constitution, Catechism and General Directions for Organized Work for Constitutional Prohibition

Verlag: National Temperance Society and Publication House, New York, 1882

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Small 8vo. Brown cloth over bevelled boards with gilt front board lettering and black decorative rules. 99pp. Very good. Spine lightly shellacked and quite faint edgewear only; tight and internally near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this groundbreaking early attempt presenting the notion of a constitutional amendment regarding prohibition. Foster (1840-1910) was an attorney nicknamed "The Iowa Lawyer" -- the first woman to actively practice law in that state (1872) and fourth admitted to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court (1875). She is best known, however, as a powerful suffragist and temperance crusader whose popular lectures and similar endeavors likely caused the burning down of her house in Clinton. Decades before the 18th amendment that prohibited the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol for consumption in the U.S. was ratified in 1919, Foster in her position as superintendent of the legislative department for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union wrote this book exploring the issue. Likely as an Iowa attorney she first crossed paths with fellow Iowa attorney and U.S. senator William B. Allison, in whose hands she certainly wanted a copy of her book. Tipped to inner flyleaf is a printed "Compliments of / J. ELLEN FOSTER" slip. From the collection of William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation." Intriguing copy of this quite scarce title.…

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Titel
Constitutional Amendment Manual. Containing Argument, Appeal, Petitions, Forms of Constitution, Catechism and General Directions for Organized Work for Constitutional Prohibition
Autor
FOSTER, J. Ellen
Verlag
National Temperance Society and Publication House, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
1882
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Hardcover
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First Edition.
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