Before They Could Vote: American Women's Autobiographical Writing, 1819–1919

الغلاف الأمامي
Sidonie Smith, Julia Watson
University of Wisconsin Press, 20‏/06‏/2006 - 454 من الصفحات

The life narratives in this collection are by ethnically diverse women of energy and ambition—some well known, some forgotten over generations—who confronted barriers of gender, class, race, and sexual difference as they pursued or adapted to adventurous new lives in a rapidly changing America. The engaging selections—from captivity narratives to letters, manifestos, criminal confessions, and childhood sketches—span a hundred years in which women increasingly asserted themselves publicly. Some rose to positions of prominence as writers, activists, and artists; some sought education or wrote to support themselves and their families; some transgressed social norms in search of new possibilities. Each woman’s story is strikingly individual, yet the brief narratives in this anthology collectively chart bold new visions of women’s agency.

من داخل الكتاب

المحتوى

An Authentic Statement of the Case and Conduct
23
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs Mary Jemison
37
The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena
124
حقوق النشر

18 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة

طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات

عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة

نبذة عن المؤلف (2006)

Julia Watson is Associate Professor of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University.

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