"Circumstances are destiny" : an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere /

Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century: she married in 1848, had five children, spent much of her life working as a dairy farmer and housewife, and died...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brakebill, Tina Stewart, 1962-
Otros Autores: Colby, Celestia Rice, 1827-1900
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Civil War in the North.
Temas:
Colby, Celestia Rice, > 1827-1900.
Colby, Celestia Rice, > 1827-1900
Colby, Celestia Rice.
1800-1899
Women > Ohio > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women > United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women > Ohio > Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County) > History > 19th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > General.
Social aspects
Social conditions
Women
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Soziale Situation
Frau
Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) > Biography.
Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Ohio > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Ohio > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Ohio
Ohio > Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County)
United States
Staat Ohio
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1827-1848 : "The impress of the Connecticut character"
  • 1848-1853 : "It is my first desire to be a blessing to my husband and-- train up my child in the way of virtue and religion"
  • 1853-1857 : "Her influence at home-- may sway the destinies of the world"
  • October 1857-January 1858 : "I sometimes think my whole being is changed"
  • December 1857-May 1858 : "Yet I live a life they know not of"
  • June 1858-December 1858 : "Eleven years ago to day since I took upon myself the cares of a housekeeper"
  • November 1858-November 1859 : "I wish for a 'bright little isle' to be peopled with the good, the loving, the gifted"
  • November 1859-February 1861 : "I am accomplishing nothing"
  • February 1861-November 1861 : "Dark and fearful must be the struggle"
  • September 1861-December 1862 : "He is the true patriot-- whose patriotism is only another term for the love of truth, justice and humanity"
  • September 1862-April 1865 : "And we women-- can only wait, and wait"
  • February 1865-July 1900 : "If I only could leave behind all the darkness-- and forget the past."

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