Growing Up Female in America (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 1783–1960
- Setting: Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Oregon, Michigan, Georgia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Wisconsin
- Principal Characters: Eliza Southgate, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Maria Mitchell, Mary Ann Webster Loughborough, Arvazine Angeline Cooper, Anna Howard Shaw, Susie King Taylor, Mary “Mother” Jones, Elizabeth Gertrude Stern, Mountain Wolf Woman
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Diary, Letters, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Autobiography, Social work, Native Americans or American Indians, Women’s issues, Women, Suffrage or voting rights, Women’s rights, Unions or unionism, Frontier or pioneer life, Astronomy or astronomers
- Locales: New York, Mississippi, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, West Virginia, Maine, Wisconsin, Missouri
Form and Content
In Growing Up Female in America: Ten Lives, Eve Merriam collects the stories of women, famous and unknown, to document the concerns, struggles, and bravery of individuals. In her introduction, Merriam comments on the importance of letting women “speak in their own tongues” and calls for a nonmale retelling of history. In her book, ten women are represented; the only professional writers in the group are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Reverend Anna Howard Shaw, and Elizabeth Gertrude Stern. At least one photograph or drawing of each woman is...
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