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Author Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)

Title America's Joan of Arc : the Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Published Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents ""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""
""9. A Reputation Defended""""10. Conclusion: Memories and Legacies""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Summary 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
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Subject Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932.
SUBJECT Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932 fast
Subject Women abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
Women orators -- United States -- Biography
Orators -- United States -- Biography
Feminists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Feminists
Orators
Women abolitionists
Women orators
Women's rights
Pennsylvania
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198036548
019803654X