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Circumstances are destiny: an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere
2006, Kent State University Press
in English
087338864X 9780873388641
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Table of Contents
1827-1848 : "The impress of the Connecticut character"
1848-1853 : "It is my first desire to be a blessing to my husband and
train up my child in the way of virtue and religion"
1853-1857 : "Her influence at home
may sway the destinies of the world"
October 1857-January 1858 : "I sometimes think my whole being is changed"
December 1857-May 1858 : "Yet I live a life they know not of"
June 1858-December 1858 : "Eleven years ago to day since I took upon myself the cares of a housekeeper"
November 1858-November 1859 : "I wish for a 'bright little isle' to be peopled with the good, the loving, the gifted"
November 1859-February 1861 : "I am accomplishing nothing"
February 1861-November 1861 : "Dark and fearful must be the struggle"
September 1861-December 1862 : "He is the true patriot
whose patriotism is only another term for the love of truth, justice and humanity"
September 1862-April 1865 : "And we women
can only wait, and wait"
February 1865-July 1900 : "If I only could leave behind all the darkness and forget the past".
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., 2002.
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