America's Joan of Arc
Subtitle: the life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
By: J. Matthew Gallman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780195161458
Subjects: Dickinson, Anna E. -- 1842-1932; Women abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; Women orators -- United States -- Biography; Orators -- United States -- Biography; Feminists -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: One of the most celebrated women of her time, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was a charismatic orator, writer, and actress, who rose to fame during the Civil War. In "America's Joan of Arc," Gallman offers the first full-length biography of Dickinson to appear in over half a century.