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Written by Herself: Volume I: Autobiographies of American Women: An Anthology

by Jill Ker Conway

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The bestselling author of The Road from Coorain presents an extraordinarily powerful anthology of the autobiographical writings of 25 women, literary predecessors and contemporaries that include Jane Addams, Zora Neale Hurst, Harriet Jacobs, Ellen Glasgow, Maya Angelou, Sara Josephine Baker, Margaret Mead, Gloria Steinem, and Maxine Hong Kingston.

Synopsis:

The bestselling author of The Road from Coorain presents an extraordinarily powerful anthology of the autobiographical writings of 25 women, literary predecessors and contemporaries that include Jane Addams, Zora Neale Hurst, Harriet Jacobs, Ellen Glasgow, Maya Angelou, Sara Josephine Baker, Margaret Mead, Gloria Steinem, and Maxine Hong Kingston.

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About the Author

Jill Ker Conway was born in Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1958, and received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969.  From 1964 to 1975 she taught at the University of Toronto and was Vice President there before serving for ten years as President of Smith College.  Since 1985 she has been a visiting scholar and professor in M.I.T.'s Program in Science, Technology and Society, and she now lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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ISBN:

9780679736332

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Publisher:

Vintage Books

Author:

Conway, Jill Ker

Author:

Jill Ker Conway, Editor

Location:

New York

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Women

Subject:

Authorship

Subject:

Autobiography

Subject:

Biography & Autobiography - Women

Subject:

Autobiography -- Women authors.

Subject:

Biography-Women

Copyright:

1992

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Series Volume:

93-1

Publication Date:

19921131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

688

Dimensions:

8.04x5.24x1.26 in. 1.25 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by Random House, The bestselling author of The Road from Coorain presents an extraordinarily powerful anthology of the autobiographical writings of 25 women, literary predecessors and contemporaries that include Jane Addams, Zora Neale Hurst, Harriet Jacobs, Ellen Glasgow, Maya Angelou, Sara Josephine Baker, Margaret Mead, Gloria Steinem, and Maxine Hong Kingston.