Amelia Stone Quinton and the Women's National Indian Association Michelle M. Livermore Born in Canada

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Amelia Stone Quinton and the Women's National Indian Association Michelle M. Livermore Born in CanadaThis first full account of Amelia Stone Quinton (1833 1926) and the organization she cofounded, the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA), offers a nuanced insight into the intersection of gender, race, religion, and politics in our shared history. Author Valerie Sherer Mathes shows how Quinton, like Helen Hunt Jackson, was a true force for reform and progress who was nonetheless constrained by the assimilationist convictions of her time. The