What Can a Woman Do?

Mrs. M.E. Rayne

Detroit, Mich. : F.B. Dickerson, 1885

[The 19th Century Professional Woman] A handsome copy. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Heavily decorated in black design. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Gutters reinforced. All edges gilt. x, 496 p., ill., 21 cm. 

Rayne was an early female journalist.  Born in Canada, she was educated near Boston. She emigrated to Chicago and authored a number of books. In 1886, Rayne, founded what she billed as "the world's first school of journalism" catering to women.