Diaries of Girls and Women: A Midwestern American Sampler

by Suzanne L. Bunkers

Book Overview

Diaries of Girls and Women captures and preserves the diverse lives of forty-seven girls and women who lived in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin between 1837 and 1999--young schoolgirls, adolescents coming of age, newlywed wives, mothers grieving the loss of children, teachers, nurses, elderly women, Luxembourger immigrant nuns, and women traveling abroad. A compelling work of living history, it brings together both diaries from historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299172201
• ISBN13: 9780299172206
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"