Private Woman, Public Person: an Account of the Life of Julia Ward Howe (Scholarship in Women's History) - Tapa dura

A feminist study of Howe's life up to the turning point when she decided to dedicate her life to public activism on behalf of women. Analyzes Howe's private letters and journals and chronicles her transformation from frustrated housewife to the first president of the New England Women Suffrage Association. Discusses Howe's unfinished novel, which touches on subjects such as rape and madness. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.