These 15 essays analyse American and European diaries written by women since the 19th century. The authors use various critical methodologies to examine the diary as text, as a form of women's self-inscription, and as a window to the diarists' historical and contemporary lives.[...]
Diaries of schoolgirls, newlywed wives, mothers, teachers, nurses, elderly women, nuns, travelers 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. A compelling work of living history,[...]