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Book SynopsisRobins's writing on behalf of women's rights issues in the first quarter of the twentieth century represents an important contribution to feminist politics. Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952 is the first biography to use the vast collection of her private papers to demonstrate how Robins transformed her own life into literary and dramatic capital.
Trade ReviewA model of good research and an excellent scholarly work."" - Jane Marcus, The University of Texas
""An important scholarly achievement. A marvelous work of biographical scholarship, on an important and unjustly neglected figure."" - Kerry Powell, Miami University
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. “I Was Born in the Superlative”: Girlhood and American Stage Career, 1862–1888
- 2. The Coming Woman: Early Years in London, 1888–1892
- 3. The Power of Anonymity: Free Choices and a Dual Career, 1893–1896
- 4. Toward the New Century: Further Ambitions, Wider Horizons, 1896–1900
- 5. The Magnetic North: Raymond, Alaska, Chinsegut, and “My Own Life,” 1900–1906
- 6. Votes for Women: The Suffrage Campaign in England, 1906–1909
- 7. Political Crises and a Pilgrimage into the Past, 1909–1916
- 8. “My Share in Graver Business”: Fiction and Feminism, 1915–1924
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
