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Defying Civility: Female Writers And Educators In Nineteenth-Century America, Tess Evans
Defying Civility: Female Writers And Educators In Nineteenth-Century America, Tess Evans
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
This thesis project investigates how northern American women in the nineteenth-century defied civility and what the consequences were. Primary and secondary source research of poetry, prose, letters, government documents, and personal accounts reveal that these women were able to step out of the domestic sphere to create a new world for themselves without the aid of males. This paper and accompanying online exhibit, Civil War Successes, explores how defying the notions of a civil woman paved the way for an earlier women’s movement than the twentieth-century. A nation torn apart by civil war saw women creating outlets for their …
The Feminine Characters In Soledad Acosta’S Una Holandesa En América And The Construction Of A New National Model, Laura Lopez
The Feminine Characters In Soledad Acosta’S Una Holandesa En América And The Construction Of A New National Model, Laura Lopez
Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos
In the novel Una holandesa en América (A Dutchwoman in America), Soledad Acosta (1833-1913, Bogota, Colombia) traces the journey of a young woman, Lucía, to America. Acosta uses literary models such as the Bildungsroman and the chronicles of European travelers to explore women’s place in society of her time and the question of European modernity against American “barbarism” in the context of national construction. As most of the speeches around this topic are from men, Acosta offers a different point of view in the debate and puts into question-established ideas.
Ruth Harris: Under The Prairie Moon, Mary Hays
Ruth Harris: Under The Prairie Moon, Mary Hays
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Ruth Harris: Under the Prairie Moon is rooted in the rural Illinois landscape and its communities. The stories follow Ruth from childhood to old age and offer multiple viewpoints on fidelity, home, forgiveness, and finally, love. Focus on one character through a lifetime allows perspective to shift as she ages.
Marine, Jennifer Danielle Glassford
Marine, Jennifer Danielle Glassford
All ETDs from UAB
Marine is a nonfiction work written as memoir. Major themes coursing through this body of work include family, fear of failure, self-awareness, self-reliance and female empowerment.