Henry James called Fanny Kemble's autobiography one of the most animated autobiographies in the language. Born into the first family of the British stage, Fanny Kemble was one of the most famous woman writers of the English-speaking world, a best-selling author on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to her essays, poetry, plays and a novel, Kemble published six works of memoir, eleven volumes in all, covering her life, which began in the first decade of the 19th century and ended in the last. Her autobiographical writings are compelling evidence of Kemble's wit and talent, and they also...
Henry James called Fanny Kemble's autobiography one of the most animated autobiographies in the language. Born into the first family of the British st...
A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history.
The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 hoped the new Republic would grant them unprecedented power and influence. But it was not until the next century that a hardy group of pathbreakers began the slow march on the road to autonomy, a road American women continue to travel today. When The Other Civil War was first published in 1984, it was hailed as a thought-provoking narrative of women's lives, among the first books to bring together the new...
A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history.
Long relegated to the margins of historical research, the history of women in the American South has rightfully gained prominence as a distinguished discipline. A comprehensive and much-needed tribute to southern women's history, "Half Sisters of History "brings together the most important work in this field over the past twenty years. This collection of essays by pioneering scholars surveys the roots and development of southern women's history and examines the roles of white women and women of color across the boundaries of class and social status from the founding of the nation to the...
Long relegated to the margins of historical research, the history of women in the American South has rightfully gained prominence as a distinguished d...
