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Author: Agnes Smedley
First Published: 1929
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Autobiographical
Time of Work: The 1890’s to the 1920’s
Setting: The American Midwest and Southwest, and New York City
Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Social reform, Sexism, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, New York City, Marriage, Midwest, 1910’s, 1920’s, Southwest, Women’s rights
Locales: New York, NY, Midwest (U.S.), Southwest (U.S.)

Marie Rogers, the narrator and protagonist, the daughter of poor laborers who move through Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado in search of work. Although she is a survivor, childhood experiences warp her understanding of love, tenderness, and compassion. She escapes her economically oppressive world to become a secretary, magazine saleswoman, and teacher in the West, and, later, a socialist journalist and dedicated activist in the Indian nationalist movement in New York. She is driven by two unyielding beliefs: that work will give her money to use for...

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