Jane Grey Swisshelm : An Unconventional Life, 1815-1884 /

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19th-century newspaper editor Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an unconventionally ambitious woman. While she struggled in private to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother; she publicly critiqued and successfully challenged gender conventions that restricted her personal behavior and limited he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffert, Sylvia D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Swisshelm, Jane Grey, > 1815-1884
Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, > 1815-1884.
Swisshelm, Jane Grey, > 1815-1884.
Women social reformers.
Women > Political activity.
Women newspaper editors.
Feminists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Femmes > Activite politique > États-Unis > Biographies.
Reformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Feministes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Women > Political activity > United States > Biography.
Women newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Feminists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:19th-century newspaper editor Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an unconventionally ambitious woman. While she struggled in private to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother; she publicly critiqued and successfully challenged gender conventions that restricted her personal behavior and limited her political and economic opportunities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603612

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