Description
Book SynopsisIndispensable to students of antebellum culture.—Philip F. Gura, Univ. of North Carolina. A highly valuable resource for students of American Studies and Women's Studies alike.—Donald Pease, UC-Riverside.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chronology
A Note on the Texts
Autobiographical Sketch(Initially published in
Memoirs)
Bettine Brentano and Her Friend Günderode(Initially published in the
Dial)
Summer on the Lakes, During 1843Woman in the Nineteenth CenturyNew-York Daily Tribune ColumnsEmerson's Essays: Second Series
Our City Charities. Visit to Bellevue Alms House, to the Farm School, the Asylum for the Insane, and Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island
Prevalent Idea that Politeness Is Too Great a Luxury to Be Given to the Poor
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Asylum for Discharged Female Convicts
What Fits a Man to Be a Voter? Is it to Be White Within, or White Without
New-York Daily Tribune DispatchesParis, Nov. 1846
Paris [Undated]
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Rome, 29th March, 1848
Rome, December 2, 1848
Rome, December 2, 1848
Rome, Evening of Feb. 20, 1849
Rome, 6th May, 1849
Rome, May 27, 1849
Rome, June 10, 1849
Rome, July 6, 1849
LettersSuggested Reading