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Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias
Autumn Stanley
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Description for Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
This book is the first biography of nineteenth-century magazine editor and reformer Charlotte Smith. Based on years of research, and previously untapped sources, it shows both why she should be remembered and why she was forgotten. Her story is quintessentially American: this daughter of Irish immigrants, despite having only a grade-school education and supporting two children alone, became a force to be reckoned with, first in journalism and then in reform. Her first periodical, the Inland Monthly, was doubly rare: edited by a woman but not a women's magazine; and a profitable venture, bringing a large sum when sold. ... Read more
This book is the first biography of nineteenth-century magazine editor and reformer Charlotte Smith. Based on years of research, and previously untapped sources, it shows both why she should be remembered and why she was forgotten. Her story is quintessentially American: this daughter of Irish immigrants, despite having only a grade-school education and supporting two children alone, became a force to be reckoned with, first in journalism and then in reform. Her first periodical, the Inland Monthly, was doubly rare: edited by a woman but not a women's magazine; and a profitable venture, bringing a large sum when sold. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611460520
SKU
V9781611460520
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About Autumn Stanley
Autumn Stanley is an independent scholar.
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