Something Worth Doing

By: Jane Kirkpatrick

Narrated by: Christina Moore

In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote.

Following Abigail as she bears six children, runs a millinery and a private school, helps on the farm, writes novels, gives speeches, and eventually runs a newspaper supporting women's suffrage, Something Worth Doing explores issues that will resonate strongly with modern women: the pull between career and family, finding one's place in the public sphere, and dealing with frustrations and prejudices women encounter when they compete in male-dominated spaces. Based on a true story of a pioneer for women's rights from award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick, this audiobook will inspire you to believe that some things are worth doing - even when the cost is great.

©2020 Jane Kirkpatrick (P)2020 Recorded Books

A great book and a great story of a great woman!

I love learning about real people and the way they overcame difficulties and work toward helping others. Thank you Miss Kirkpatrick for writing these kinds of books

The incredible writing

Love how she brings historical figures to life through the stories and brings out how it really was to live with day to day trials and tribulations of those days

Good historical novel, annoying narration

Loved the historical account but the narrator’s voice is annoying. Overall though I’d recommend it for the women’s suffrage movement storyline

Loved it!!

I have read almost all of her books and they always suck me in..she definitely didnt disappoint..love history especially about my home state of Oregon..Eastern Oregon to be exact..highly recommend

Jane Kirkpatrick never disappoints her readers!

Could this be what life was like for my great-great grandmother? Things we take for granted in our everyday modern lives, give me a real sense of gratitude for the pioneering women who left us with such a rich heritage. Having myself settled in this historical Willamette Valley, Jane’s lively characterization of Abigail Scott Duniway, gives a glimpse of “Jenny’s” difficult life. I don’t remember being taught much in my history classes about the struggle women faced to earn the right to own property and the right to vote and keep their own earnings. It was a joy to recognize places that are still part of my own life. Thank goodness, Jane has given voice to this amazing historical woman. Jane is a storyteller who never disappoints.