800 years of women's letters
By: Olga Kenyon ; foreword by P.D. James
Contributors: James, P. D.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Social conditions; Correspondence; Women
Other titles: Eight hundred years of women's letters.
Description: Contains primary source material.

Organized by the subject matter and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work, daily life, and war to childhood, family, and love, this collection of letters reveals the depth, breadth, and diversity of women's lives through the ages. Covers the 18th century, the 19th century, Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and women's suffrage, World War I, World War II, and post-war life.
Notes: Originally published: London : Alan Sutton, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women's letters : the feminism approach; title: How women view their roles; title: Friendship; title: Childhood and education; title: Love and sexual passion; title: Marriage and childbirth; title: Housekeeping and daily life; title: Work; title: War and alleviating suffering; title: Travellers and travelling; title: Illness and ageing; title: Political skills.