Before They Could Vote: American Women's Autobiographical Writing, 1819–1919Sidonie 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. |
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... mother almost the exact words of the an- swers to my invitation . Frequently she asked , " What were they doing when you entered their tepee ? " This taught me to remember all I saw at a single glance . Often I told my mother my ...
... mother . " Why , mother , I want to taste the plum ! " I exclaimed , as I dropped my hand to my aid in disappointment . " Never pluck a single plum from this bush , my child , for its roots are wrapped around an Indian's skeleton . A ...
... mother , is too hard an experience for his baby sister . " Thus my mother discouraged my curiosity about the lands beyond our eastern horizon ; for it was not yet an ambition for Letters that was stirring me . But on the following day ...
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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 |
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