Thank you, Barb! I checked on this back in the 1970s and again just a couple
of years ago, but that 1996 photocopy reprint has apparently found its way
into very few libraries, and did not get listed. I really appreciate your
info.

Kevin Mac Donnell
Mac Donnell Rare Books
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In reponse to one part of Kevin Mac Donnell's questions regarding
_Facts By a Woman_ -- there appears to have been some later
research done on her and her book.  WorldCat lists the following
entry:

AUTHOR: ÊWasson, Harriet, b. 1842.
TITLE: ÊFacts by a woman : written 1877 by Harriet Wasson, born Sept. 15,
1842, Wooster, Ohio (daughter of John M.  Wasson, 1802-1883)
PLACE: ÊWest Milton, Ohio :
PUBLISHER: ÊA.M. Schumann,
YEAR: Ê1996
PUB TYPE: ÊBook
FORMAT: Ê1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Ê"A biography and book review done in 1973"--P. [2] Facts by a
woman originally published: Oakland, Calif. :Pacific Press Publishing
House, 1881. 356 p. photocopied two pages to one, with some slight error
in sequence. "Reprinted [photocopied] and added to by Arthur M. Schumann."
pt. 1. A biography and book review / by Arthur M. Schumann -- pt. 2. Facts
by a woman / by Harriet Wasson.
SUBJECT: ÊWasson, Harriet, -- b. 1842. Oakland (Calif.)
OTHER: ÊSchumann, Arthur M.