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Women authors, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Domestick Education manuscript

 Collection — Box BW 60, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS-16939
Content Description This collection contains a four-page autograph manuscript folio entitled “Domestick Education.” The unsigned, undated manuscript presents a two-chapter, dual-perspective narrative of Kitty, a frustrated domestic servant, and her mistress, Mrs. Makadoo. The focus on female characters and knowledge of domestic work suggests a likely female authorship. The spelling suggests an American author, although the story is vaguely set in the United Kingdom. Mention of Charles Dickens' Dombey, published...
Dates: Majority of material found within undated, c. 1846-1848

Joan Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9394
Scope and Contents The Joan Williams Papers (1950-1988; 7 cft) primarily contains materials (e.g., manuscripts, typescripts, setting copy, and galley proofs) relating to Williams’s publications County Woman, The Morning and Evening, Pariah, Pay the Piper, Old Powder Man, and The Wintering. This collection also...
Dates: 1950-1988