Circumstances are destiny
Subtitle: an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere
By: Tina Stewart Brakebill.
Contributors: Colby, Celestia Rice, 1827-1900.
Series: Civil war in the North
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780873388641
Subjects: Colby, Celestia Rice, 1827-1900.; Women -- Ohio -- Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County) -- History -- 19th century.; 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.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., 2002.
Table of contents: title: 1827-1848 : "The impress of the Connecticut character"; title: 1848-1853 : "It is my first desire to be a blessing to my husband and; title: train up my child in the way of virtue and religion"; title: 1853-1857 : "Her influence at home; title: may sway the destinies of the world"; title: October 1857-January 1858 : "I sometimes think my whole being is changed"; title: December 1857-May 1858 : "Yet I live a life they know not of"; title: June 1858-December 1858 : "Eleven years ago to day since I took upon myself the cares of a housekeeper"; title: November 1858-November 1859 : "I wish for a 'bright little isle' to be peopled with the good, the loving, the gifted"; title: November 1859-February 1861 : "I am accomplishing nothing"; title: February 1861-November 1861 : "Dark and fearful must be the struggle"; title: September 1861-December 1862 : "He is the true patriot; title: whose patriotism is only another term for the love of truth, justice and humanity"; title: September 1862-April 1865 : "And we women; title: can only wait, and wait"; title: February 1865-July 1900 : "If I only could leave behind all the darkness and forget the past".