Yearning for the new age : Laura Holloway-Langford and late Victorian spirituality / Diane Sasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sasson, Diane, 1946-

Series:

Religion in North America.

Religion in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious biography--United States.

Religious biography.

Spiritual biography--United States.

Spiritual biography.

United States--Biography.

United States.

United States--History.

Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), 1848-1930.

Holloway, Laura C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This biography of an unconventional woman in late 19th-century America is a study of a search for individual autonomy and spiritual growth. Laura Holloway-Langford, a ""rebel girl"" from Tennessee, moved to New York City, where she supported her family as a journalist. She soon became famous as the author of Ladies of the White House, which secured her financial independence. Promoted to associate editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, she gave readings and lectures and became involved in progressive women's causes, the temperance movement, and theosophy-even traveling to Europe to meet Madame

Contents:

Sex, suffrage, and religious seekers

"A clairvoyant of the first water"

"Better come"

"The bomb-shell from the Dugpa world"

Fantasizing the occult

"Our golden word: try"

The lady Mrs. X

Disseminating new ideas

Music of the spheres

"Dear friend and sister"

Who tells the tale?

Epilogue: seeking Laura.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.321-338) and index.

ISBN:

9786613626271

9781280596445

1280596449

9780253001870

0253001870

OCLC:

794663268