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Overview"Since the founding of the United States, women have picked up their pens to write and express their ideas, affording them independence and self-sufficiency in days when they had little. By way of their poetry, essays, advice columns, investigative journalism and more, women like Helen Keller, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Shirley Jackson wrote not only to entertain and inform, but often to simply keep a roof over their heads. This text offers a unique examination of female New England writers, focusing on their homes. The women wrote in many genres and became literary entrepreneurs, bargaining with editors for higher fees and royalties, participating in marketing campaigns, and seeking advice and help. The homes women bought with their earnings included cottages, suburban houses, farms, and an occasional mansion. Whether modest or luxurious, these houses provided the ""room of her own"" that Virginia Woolf said every woman needs in order to write. Sometimes that room was an elegant study, and sometimes a corner of the kitchen." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Beth LueyPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781476692241ISBN 10: 1476692246 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 18 October 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction Connecticut 1. Helen Keller 2. Harriet Beecher Stowe 3. Ida Tarbell Maine 4. Sarah Orne Jewett 5. Mary McCarthy and Elizabeth Hardwick 6. Edna St. Vincent Millay 7. Celia Thaxter Massachusetts 8. Louisa May Alcott 9. Emily Dickinson 10. Sojourner Truth 11. Edith Wharton New Hampshire 12. Mary Baker Eddy 13. Sarah Josepha Hale 14. Grace Metalious Rhode Island 15. Elleanor Eldridge and Frances Green 16. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 17. Cynthia Taggart Vermont 18. Shirley Jackson 19. Grace Paley Chapter Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAfter retiring from the history department at Arizona State University, Beth Luey moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and began writing about historic houses. This is her fourth book in this genre, and the first to focus on women. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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