The Woman Who Spends: A Study of Her Economic Function

Bertha June Richardson

Boston [Mass.]: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1904

Quite scarce. 1st ed. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Minor discoloration to front cover. 147 pp. Clean, unmarked pages. The Gerritsen collection of women's history, no. 1761.  

Bertha June Richardson Lucas was a Smith College (class of 1901) educated woman who was active in various women's movements and humanitarian relief in World War I.  In this book Richardson looks at the economic and sociological impact of the changing role of female consumers in American society.