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Such News Of The Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers, Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe
Such News Of The Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers, Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe
History Faculty Books
This pathbreaking collection, which contains 19 essays from scholars in a variety of fields, illuminates the work of two centuries of American women nature writers. Some discuss traditional nature writers such as Susan Fenimore Cooper, Mary Austin, Gene Stratton Porter, and Annie Dillard. Others examine the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Anzaldua, and Leslie Marmon Silko, writers not often associated with this genre. Essays on germinal texts such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas's The Everglades: River of Grass stand alongside examinations of market bulletins and women's gardens, showing how the rich diversity of women's nature writing has shaped and expanded …
For The Cobweb Club: Mottoes, Margaret J. M. Sweat
For The Cobweb Club: Mottoes, Margaret J. M. Sweat
Annals of the Cobweb Club
Ribbon-bound booklet containing handwritten mottoes for the Cobweb Club.
Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Diary, 1849-1880, Margaret J. M. Sweat
Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Diary, 1849-1880, Margaret J. M. Sweat
Diary, 1849-1880
Diary of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat with entries dating from 1849-1880. Includes several clippings and photographs pasted in.
The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association
The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Brochure for the National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, containing a short bio of Dix as well as an invitation to join the Association.
Teacher Of America's Legislatures, Raymond Schuessler
Teacher Of America's Legislatures, Raymond Schuessler
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Photocopy of article by Raymond Schuessler about Dorothea Dix and her work "humanizing the care of the insane." From the Nov-Dec 1978 issue of the NRTA Journal.
Maine's Joan Of Arc : An Address Made Before The Kennebec Historical Society, John Francis Sprague
Maine's Joan Of Arc : An Address Made Before The Kennebec Historical Society, John Francis Sprague
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Booklet containing an address by John Francis Sprague given to the Kennebec Historical Society on January 8, 1924 about Dorothea Dix. Series 1, number 2 of "Kennebec Historical Society's Brochures."
Annals Of The Cobweb Club, Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat
Annals Of The Cobweb Club, Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat
Annals of the Cobweb Club
Book containing hand-written notes from meetings of the Cobweb Club, a women's organization with which Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat was heavily involved. Contents include lists of special guests, notes on meeting discussions, and a drawing of flowers and a cobweb in the front of the book. Inserts and clippings are included in the order they are found within the book.
Dorothea Lynde Dix : A Paper Read Before The Worcester Society Of Anitiquity, Alfred Seelye Roe
Dorothea Lynde Dix : A Paper Read Before The Worcester Society Of Anitiquity, Alfred Seelye Roe
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Booklet containing a paper about Dorothea Dix, read to the Worcester Society of Antiquity, November 20, 1888.
The Disciples' Pulpit : Sermons Of James Freeman Clarke, James Freeman Clarke
The Disciples' Pulpit : Sermons Of James Freeman Clarke, James Freeman Clarke
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Vol. 1, no. 9 of The Disciples Pulpit, about Dorothea Dix.
Message From The President Of The United States, Returning To The Senate The Bill Entitled..., Franklin Pierce
Message From The President Of The United States, Returning To The Senate The Bill Entitled..., Franklin Pierce
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
President Pierce addresses the Senate, regarding a bill.
Special Message Of President Pierce To The Senate Of The United States: May 3, 1854, Franklin Pierce
Special Message Of President Pierce To The Senate Of The United States: May 3, 1854, Franklin Pierce
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
President Pierce addresses the Senate, regarding a bill.
Congressional Record, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. No 150: Memorial Of D. L. Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix
Congressional Record, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. No 150: Memorial Of D. L. Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix
Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets
Dorothea Dix addresses the U.S. Senate, advocating for the mentally ill.