Title: "Circumstances are destiny" : an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere /
Authors: Brakebill, Tina Stewart, 1962-; Colby, Celestia Rice, 1827-1900.
Publisher: Kent State University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Colby, Celestia Rice,; Women Ohio Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County) History; Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) Biography.; Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) Social conditions; Ohio History Social aspects.; Ohio History Women.; United States History Social aspects.; United States History Women.
Contents: 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".