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America's Joan of Arc : the life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson / J. Matthew Gallman

Catalog Data

Author:
Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)  Search this
Subject:
Dickinson, Anna E (Anna Elizabeth) 1842-1932  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Pennsylvania
United States
Date:
2006
19th century
Contents:
Early life and career -- "The necessities of the hour": Anna Dickinson's Civil War -- "Beloved of so many": the many faces of a woman in public -- "A woman of earnest convictions": the Lyceum -- What answer?: suffrage and citizenship in the postwar world -- "What new grief has come to you?: the personal and the political -- From the platform to the stage: clinging to fame -- Decline and fall -- A reputation defended -- Conclusion: memories and legacies
Topic:
Women abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Women orators  Search this
Orators  Search this
Feminists  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
Women's rights--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899004