America's Joan of Arc : the life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson / J. Matthew Gallman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women abolitionists--Pennsylvania--Biography.

Women abolitionists.

Abolitionists--Pennsylvania--Biography.

Abolitionists.

Women orators--United States--Biography.

Women orators.

Orators--United States--Biography.

Orators.

Feminists--Pennsylvania--Biography.

Feminists.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Women's rights--United States--History--19th century.

Women's rights.

Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932.

Dickinson, Anna E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was one of nineteenth century America's most celebrated women. A charismatic orator, author, and actress, she rose to fame during the Civil War and remained in the public eye for the next three decades. A biography of Dickinson, this book reveals the story of a fascinating controversial public woman.

Contents:

Early life and career

"The necessities of the hour": Anna Dickinson's Civil War

"Beloved of so many": the many faces of a woman in public

"A woman of earnest convictions": the Lyceum

What answer?: suffrage and citizenship in the postwar world

"What new grief has come to you?: the personal and the political

From the platform to the stage: clinging to fame

Decline and fall

A reputation defended

Conclusion: memories and legacies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-253) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83846-9

9786610838462

0-19-803654-X

1-4294-2095-2

OCLC:

922954415