Gender, Professions and Discourse: Early Twentieth-Century Women's Autobiography

By Christine Etherington-Wright

Book Overview

Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349305413
• ISBN13: 9781349305414
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"