The postbellum period saw many privileged Americans pursuing a civilized ideal premised on insulation from pain. Medico-scientific advances in anesthetics and a
Women Writers in the United States is a celebration of the many forms of work - written and social, tangible and intangible - produced by American women. Furthe
A biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): Beecher-descendent, zealous reformer, exhilarating lecturer, prolific writer, scandalous divorcee, "unnatur
During the period of the professionalization of American medicine, many authors were concerned with a concurrent urge to use their work as a means to convey the
My Three Mama's shares the life of Cynthia Davis Pippen, the strong women that raised her, the challenges they faced and their ability to rise above their circu
