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Well-read lives how books inspired a generation of American women /

In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, the author offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in Americas Gilded Age who lost and found themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them. Some women, like Edith and Alice Hamilton, M. Carey...

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Hlavní autor:	Sicherman, Barbara
Korporativní autor:	ProQuest (Firm)
Médium:	Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Témata:	Women > Books and reading > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century. Girls > Books and reading > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century. Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
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