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Gender, professions and discourse Early twentieth-century women's autobiography /

Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory margin...

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Main Authors: Etherington-Wright, Christine, 1950
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Literary essays
Gender studies: women
Literary studies: from c 1900
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230595026
Summary: Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2008.
Carrier Form: 256 p. : 6 b&w, halftones.
ISBN: 9780230219922
9780230595026 :
0230595022 :
CLC: I561.076
Contents: Contents Acknowledgements PART I Introduction Headmistresses Doctors Nurses and VADs Artists and Practitioners Writers PART II Frontispiece Photographs Prefaces, Forewards and Introductions Silences Self and Identity Memory and Accuracy Conclusion Notes Index.

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