Reading and writing ourselves into being
Subtitle: the literacy of certain nineteenth-century young women
By: by Claire White Putala.
Series: Language, literacy, and learning
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Greenwich, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Osborne family -- Archives.; American letters -- History and criticism.; Young women -- United States -- Correspondence -- History and criticism.; Young women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Literacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Young women -- United States -- Intellectual life.; Letter writing -- History -- 19th century.; Young women -- United States -- Language.; English language -- United States.; English language -- 19th century.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Genres: Archives.
Notes: Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Syracuse University.

Study of literacy based on a collection of correspondence, the Osborne Family Papers, 1812-1968, located in the Special Collections Research Center of Syracuse University.

Includes bibliographical references.

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