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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... told me to tell Leggins to come to him . I did so . He came , and Major Cochrane told me to tell him that he wanted him to tell which of the Bannock men were the worst , or which was the leader in the war . Leggins told him , and ...
... told him all and went away . When I got back , the captain asked me what he said . I told him he would not speak to me . " Did you tell him what I told you to ? " " I did . " " Go and tell the prisoners to be ready to march in half an ...
... told him what had been said . They had him all wrapped up , and said they did not want anybody to see him . George ... told them he would pay them one dollar a day . My people worked the same , and they were paid in clothes , and little ...
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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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