MRS. PERCY V. PENNYBACKER: AN APPRECTION
Fleming H. Revell Company, 1916. Item #3124
KNOX, Helen. MRS. PERCY V. PENNYBACKER: AN APPRECIATION. NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1916]. Small 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Pennybacker's daughter on front endpaper: "For Mrs. Ernest Wayland, as a gift from, Mary A. Pennybacker/ Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, Jr. May 18, 1964." Anna Pennybacker (nee Hardwicke; 1861-1938), activist and author, was born in virginia and moved first to Kansas and then to Texas in 1878. She married Percy V. Pennybacker in 1884 in Tyler, Texas and moved to Austin in 1900 after his death. Mrs. Pennybacker wrote and published "A New History of Texas For schools", which was adopted by the Texas Legislature for use in public schools from 1898 through 1913. Pennybacker was also active in Women's Clubs, serving as president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, and as president and then board member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. A pacifist and suffragist, she was involved in the Chautauqua movement and served as a correspondent for several newspapers at the League of Nations meetings in Geneva. She also lectured extensively across the nation. Very Good or better (covers bright with white title stamping unrubbed; contents clean & tight); shallow chip head of spine affecting some lettering (few other tiny chips & short tears) d/j. $125.00.
Price: $125.00