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Before they could vote : American women's autobiographical writing, 1819-1919 /
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....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 454 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454). |
| ISBN: | 9780299220532 0299220532 0299220508 9780299220501 1282270362 9781282270367 9786612270369 6612270365 |