Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Cohen, Kerry M.
URN	etd-04132008-141727
Title	The Education of A 'Learned Wife': Discovering the Reading Practices of Southern Women During the Rise of the United States
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	History, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Sally E. Hadden Committee Chair Dennis Moore Committee Member Elna Green Committee Member
Keywords	South Reading Practices Women
Date of Defense	2008-03-05
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract “The Education of a ‘Learned Wife’: Discovering the Reading Practices of Southern Women during the Rise of the United States” will explore the inner thoughts of women living in the South between 1790 and 1860 to better understand how women continued to educate themselves through literature. Many women did not keep diaries and through the ages the personal writings of those who did have been lost to historians forever. Those diaries, however, that survived through publication or archives allow the life and experiences of Southern women as a whole to continue to speak and allow historians to research their reading habits and lives. The words of these women uncovered or rediscovered will direct the course of this project, allowing an exploration and analysis to piece together the lasting influences and enrichment of the mind from their reading practices.
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