A Comprehensive Study of American Writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911: Art for Truth's SakeEdwin Mellen Press, 2003 - 291 pages This work examines the novels, essays, and short stories of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps within their cultural/historical context. It examines the social climate and reform movements during Phelps' writing career, and shows how she was a woman ahead of her time in the 19th century. |
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Page 112
... became a part of the women's temperance movement which had started in the 1840s with other reform movements and had begun to flourish in the 1870s , continuing through the early twentieth century until Prohibition . Several of Phelps's ...
... became a part of the women's temperance movement which had started in the 1840s with other reform movements and had begun to flourish in the 1870s , continuing through the early twentieth century until Prohibition . Several of Phelps's ...
Page 124
... became too extreme to appeal to the average American . Paulina Wright Davis noted this potential problem as early as 1850 when she stated at the first National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester , Massachusetts : It is one thing to ...
... became too extreme to appeal to the average American . Paulina Wright Davis noted this potential problem as early as 1850 when she stated at the first National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester , Massachusetts : It is one thing to ...
Page 166
... became too preoccupied with society and fashion or because she became trapped in a domestic situation as a daughter or wife , which required her constant attention . In " Where It Goes , " Phelps continues : Boys and girls begin by ...
... became too preoccupied with society and fashion or because she became trapped in a domestic situation as a daughter or wife , which required her constant attention . In " Where It Goes , " Phelps continues : Boys and girls begin by ...
Contents
The Literary Life of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 1 |
Phelps | 27 |
The Fingers of the World | 61 |
Copyright | |
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Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and ... Ben Railton No preview available - 2007 |