Well-read lives : how books inspired a generation of American women / / Barbara Sicherman.
In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, the author offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in Americas Gilded Age who lost and found themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them. Some women, like Edith and Alice Hamilton, M. Carey...
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 380 p. :; ill. |
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