Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952 : Actress, Novelist, Feminist / Joanne E. Gates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gates, Joanne E., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Actors--United States--Biography.

Actors.

Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952.

Robins, Elizabeth.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1994]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><div><b>Joanne E. Gates</b> is Associate Professor of English at Jacksonville State University.</div></div>

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""I Was Born in the Superlative"": Girlhood and American Stage Career, 1862-1888; 2. The Coming Woman: Early Years in London, 1888-1892; 3. The Power of Anonymity: Free Choices and a Dual Career, 1893-1896; 4. Toward the New Century: Further Ambitions, Wider Horizons, 1896-1900; 5. The Magnetic North: Raymond, Alaska, Chinsegut, and ""My Own Life,"" 1900-1906; 6. Votes for Women: The Suffrage Campaign in England, 1906-1909; 7. Political Crises and a Pilgrimage into the Past, 1909-1916

8. ""My Share in Graver Business"": Fiction and Feminism, 1915-1924Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8940-7

OCLC:

623501876