Title: The hour and the woman
First published: 2002
Description: "At a time when women were valued primarily for appearance, social class, and marital status, Martineau - plain, poor, and single - fought against the odds to win recognition as a writer. Her first professional triumph came in the 1830s when she published a multivolume work on political economy. International fame and literary reputation followed, launching a career that would span the next forty years and plunge Martineau into heated reform efforts on both sides of the Atlantic."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Authors, English, Biography, English Authors, Feminists, History, Social reformers, Women and literature, Martineau, harriet, 1802-1876, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Social reformers, great britain
Places: Great Britain
People: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR4984.M5 Z68 2002