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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460340203321

Autore

Brakebill Tina Stewart <1962->

Titolo

"Circumstances are destiny" [[electronic resource] ] : an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere / / Tina Stewart Brakebill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-03522-7

9786613035226

1-61277-471-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Civil War in the North

Altri autori (Persone)

ColbyCelestia Rice <1827-1900.>

Disciplina

977.1/3403092

B

Soggetti

Women - Ohio - Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County) - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) Biography

Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) Social conditions 19th century

Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1827-1848 : "The impress of the Connecticut character" -- 1848-1853 : "It is my first desire to be a blessing to my husband and-- train up my child in the way of virtue and religion" -- 1853-1857 : "Her influence at home-- may sway the destinies of the world" -- October 1857-January 1858 : "I sometimes think my whole being is changed" -- December 1857-May 1858 : "Yet I live a life they know not of" -- June 1858-December 1858 : "Eleven years ago to day since I took upon myself the cares of a housekeeper" -- November 1858-November 1859 : "I wish for a 'bright little isle' to be peopled with the good, the loving, the gifted" -- November 1859-February 1861 : "I am accomplishing nothing" -- February 1861-November 1861 : "Dark and fearful must be



the struggle" -- September 1861-December 1862 : "He is the true patriot-- whose patriotism is only another term for the love of truth, justice and humanity" -- September 1862-April 1865 : "And we women-- can only wait, and wait" -- February 1865-July 1900 : "If I only could leave behind all the darkness-- and forget the past".