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Equal Pay for Equal Work

Nonfiction work

By: Grace C. Strachan

Date: 1910

Source: Strachan, Grace C. Equal Pay for Equal Work. New York: B.F. Buck, 1910. Reprinted in Hoffman, Nancy. Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching. New York: Feminist Press/McGraw-Hill, 1981.

About the Author: Grace C. Strachan (18??–1922), educator, activist, author, and school district superintendent attended the State Normal School in Buffalo, New York, and did postgraduate work at New York University. She taught in Buffalo, and then in Brooklyn, New York. She was a leader in the struggle for equal pay for women teachers, and higher salaries and pensions for all teachers in New York City. She was a popular lecturer and published articles in a number of magazines.

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