ISBN:
9780299220532
,
0299220532
,
0299220508
,
9780299220501
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 454 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Wisconsin studies in autobiography
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Before they could vote
DDC:
305.4092273
Keywords:
Women Biography
;
United States
;
Women Sources
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Women Sources
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Women's studies Biographical methods
;
United States
;
Autobiography Women authors
;
Femmes Biographies
;
États-Unis
;
Femmes Sources
;
Histoire
;
19e siècle
;
États-Unis
;
Femmes Sources
;
Histoire
;
20e siècle
;
États-Unis
;
Études sur les femmes Méthode biographique
;
États-Unis
;
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques USA
;
United States
;
Women Biography
;
Women Sources History 20th century
;
Women Sources History 19th century
;
Autobiography Women authors
;
Women's studies Biographical methods
;
Women's studies ; Biographical methods
;
Frau
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
Autobiography ; Women authors
;
Women
;
Biographies
;
History
;
Sources
;
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
;
USA
;
United States
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books Biography
;
History
;
Sources
;
Biografie
;
Quelle
;
Autobiographie
;
Biografie
;
Quelle
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-454). - Description based on print version record
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