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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... young women of her own race . Life is not a failure . All avenues are not closed . Womanly worth of whatever race or complexion is appreciated . Love , sympathy , opportunity and helpfulness are within the reach of those who can deserve ...
... young women- ( but New York women are still in the throes of youth at five - and - forty ) —there are art- ists , writers , chorus - girls , vaudeville people , habitues of Bohemia , dilet- tantes of all sorts - all the loose young ...
... young man , but fears to tell him what she is , and only does so when compelled by a fearless American girl friend . This girl , who knows her origin , real- izing that the truth sooner or later must be told , and better soon than late ...
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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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