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American women in Gilded Age London [electronic resource] : expatriates rediscovered / Jane S. Gabin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabin, Jane S., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans--England--London--History--19th century.
- Americans.
- Women--England--London--History--19th century.
- Women.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An illuminating study of American women--active in politics and the arts--who lived and worked in England in times of adventure and trauma.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents ix; Preface xi; Acknowledgments xv; Dramatis Personae xvii; Introduction 1; Chapter 1 The American Woman Arrives 7; Chapter 2 Jennie Jerome Churchill: Extraordinary Expatriate 23; Chapter 3 The "Uncrowned Queen of Americans in London" 39; Chapter 4 The Socialite-Authors 47; Chapter 5 American Women on the British Stage 66; Chapter 6 Mary Anderson and the Americans of Broadway 107; Chapter 7 Sketches of Studio Life: Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Julie Helen Heyneman 121; Chapter 8 Elizabeth Banks: Crusading Journalist 136
- Chapter 9 Suffrage and Suffering: The American Woman Responds 158Conclusion 176; Notes 181; Bibliography 185; Index 193
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3990-8
- OCLC:
- 746746861
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