""Table Of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I. ANNA DICKINSON�S CIVIL WAR""; ""1. Early Life and Career""; ""2. “The Necessities of the Hour�: Anna Dickinson�s Civil War""; ""3. “Beloved of So Many�: The Many Faces of A Woman in Public""; ""II. AN ENDURING PUBLIC FIGURE""; ""4. “A Woman of Earnest Convictions�: The Lyceum""; ""5. What Answer?: Suffrage and Citizenship in the Postwar World""; ""6. “What New Grief Has Come to You?�: The Personal and the Political""; ""7. From the Platform to the Stage: Clinging to Fame""; ""III. DECLINE AND FALL""; ""8. Decline and Fall""
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was one of nineteenth century America's most celebrated women. A charismatic orator, author, and actress, she rose to fame during the Civil War and remained in the public eye for the next three decades. A biography of Dickinson, this book reveals the story of a fascinating controversial public woman