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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... temperance issue a major one . Recognizing drunkenness as a social problem , Elizabeth Cady Stanton promised a group as early as the 1852 state con- vention ... temperance movement and the women's suffrage 116. Temperance and Women's Rights.
... temperance issue a major one . Recognizing drunkenness as a social problem , Elizabeth Cady Stanton promised a group as early as the 1852 state con- vention ... temperance movement and the women's suffrage 116. Temperance and Women's Rights.
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Art for Truth's Sake Ronna Coffey Privett. 119 short essay entitled " The Temperance Crusade and Woman's Rights , " published the same year as his The Gilded Age ( 1875 ) , he describes the temperance and suf- frage workers as ...
Art for Truth's Sake Ronna Coffey Privett. 119 short essay entitled " The Temperance Crusade and Woman's Rights , " published the same year as his The Gilded Age ( 1875 ) , he describes the temperance and suf- frage workers as ...
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... temperance movement , Nordhall comments , " What a book could be written about it , —a great appeal , a prophecy ! " ( 126 ) . In her reply , Reliance , like Phelps , compares temperance work to the movement to abolish slavery , and ...
... temperance movement , Nordhall comments , " What a book could be written about it , —a great appeal , a prophecy ! " ( 126 ) . In her reply , Reliance , like Phelps , compares temperance work to the movement to abolish slavery , and ...
Contents
The Literary Life of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 1 |
Phelps | 27 |
The Fingers of the World | 61 |
Copyright | |
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