The First Woman in the Republic
Subtitle: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child (New Americanists)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: January 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 804
ISBN-13: 9780822314851
Subjects: Biography: general; Human rights; Literary studies: 19th century; Sociology, Social Studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography / Autobiography; 19th Century American Literature; Social Reform; Biography & Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; USA; General; Literary; 19th century; Reformers; United States; Historical - General; Women social reformers; 1802-1880; Authors, American; Biography; Child, Lydia Maria Francis,
First sentence: Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times (1824) opens with an autobiographical vignette depicting its author's dramatic entry onto the American literary scene.