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Publication: Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women: An Anthology

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Title: Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women: An Anthology
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Publisher: Random House
Year: 1992
ISBN 0679736336
Number of Pages 672
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Sect. 1. My Story Ends With Freedom. from Incidents in the
Life of a Slave Girl / Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897). from
Dust Tacks on a Road / Zora Neale Hurston (1901?-1960). from
My Lord, What a Morning / Marian Anderson (1902- ). from I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Maya Angelou (1928- ) --
Sect. 2. Research Is a Passion With Me: Women Scientists
and Physicians. from A History of Psychology in
Autobiography / Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939). from
Fighting for Life / S. Josephine Baker (1873-1945). from
Unpublished Memoir / Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (1874-1964).
from Research is a Passion with Me / Margaret Morse Nice
(1883-1974). from Stranger and Friend / Hortense
Powdermaker (1896-1970). from An Autobiography and Other
Recollections / Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979). from
Blackberry Winter / Margaret Mead (1901-1978) -- Sect. 3.
Arts and Letters. from A New England Girlhood / Lucy Larcom
(1824-1893). from On Journey / Vida Dutton Scudder
(1861-1954).
from Modeling my Life / Janet Scudder (1869-1940). from The
Woman Within / Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873-1945).
from Journey Around My Room / Louise Bogan (1897-1970).
from Portrait of Myself / Margaret Bourke-White
(1904-1971). from The Woman Warrior / Maxine Hong Kingston
(1940- ) -- Sect. 4. Pioneers and Reformers. from The Story
of a Pioneer / Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919). from Twenty
Years at Hull-House / Jane Addams (1860-1935). from My Days
of Strength / Anne Walter Fearn (1865-1939). from Margaret
Sanger / Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). from I Change Worlds
/ Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970). from This Life I've Led /
Mildred Ella (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956). from
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions / Gloria Steinem
(1934- ).
Topics / Keywords: diversity and multicultural education, women, materials, nonfiction, biography --autobiography, women authors
Section: Diversity and Multicultural Ed > Women
Resource Type: Materials/Learner Writings
Location: Bookshelves
Copies: 1
Entry Date: January 25th 2006
Last Updated: May 22nd 2007

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