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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... preach the Gospel ! " I immediately replied aloud , " No one will believe me . " Again I listened , and again the same voice seemed to say- " Preach the Gospel ; I will put words in your mouth , and will turn your enemies to become your ...
... preacher in charge of the African Society , who was the Rev. Richard Allen , the same before named in these pages , to tell him that I felt it my duty to preach the gospel . But as I drew near the street in which his house was , which ...
... preach , in the proper sense of the term . To this I reply , it may be that the term preach , in those primitive times , did not mean exactly what it is now made to mean ; perhaps it was a great deal more simple then , than it is now ...
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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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