City of light

First published: 1999

Description

Louisa Barrett, headmistress of a prestigious girls' school in Buffalo in 1901, is a forward-looking, independent young woman. But the secret of her past - which connects her to the highest echelons of US government - continually underlines the fragility of her position in the city's society.

Subjects

Industrial revolution Fiction Electrification Women school principals Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) Social conditions New York (State) Buffalo City and town life Pan-American Exposition. fast (OCoLC)fst01406910 General Large type books

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