Jane Grey Swisshelm an unconventional life, 1815-1884

Summary: 19th-century newspaper editor Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an unconventionally ambitious woman. While she struggled in private to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother; she publicly critiqued and successfully challenged gender conventions that restricted her personal behavior and limited her political and economic opportunities.

Record details

ISBN: 0807828815
ISBN: 9780807828816
ISBN: 1469603616 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781469603612 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780807875889 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0807875880 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (255 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:february.14
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-245) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	That olde-time religion -- A marriage fraught with conflict -- The troublesome matter of property -- Woman's work in a man's world -- A different sort of politics -- A world in need of improvement -- Respectable but not genteel.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.