Women of Valor: The Struggle Against the Great Depression as Told in Their Own Life Stories

by Bernard Sternsher, Judith Sealander (Editor)

The struggle against the Great Depression as told in excerpts from the life stories of sixteen talented and influential women who confronted the problems that affected ordinary women. A landmark collection. —Mary Banas, Booklist

Genres: History

319 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Bernard Sternsher was an historian specializing in the era of the Great Depression and the New Deal. A graduate of the University of Alabama, he received his masters and doctorate degrees from Boston University, Over the course of his career, he taught at Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Seton Hall University, and Rutgers University, before ending his career as professor of history at Bowling Green State University.