Plains Woman: The Diary of Martha Farnsworth, 1882-1922 - Hardcover

Farnsworth, Martha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253345103 ISBN 13: 9780253345103

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1986

Synopsis

"Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women's history, Farnsworth's is a real find." —Sally Mitchell

"The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworth's has contributed to radical revisions of women's history and reassessment of women's skills as writers." —Elizabeth Hampsten

"... superb edition of the diary of Kansas pioneer Martha Farnsworth... a fact-filled, revealing account of an extraordinary-but-ordinary woman... " —American Quarterly

"... the inside story of a women's life in the middle of America... " —Bloomsbury Review

A Kansas teacher, housewife, photographer, and suffragist, Martha Farnsworth compulsively recorded her life in middle America during a period of tremendous social and cultural change.

About this title

Book Description:

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1986

From Library Journal:

Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women's history, Farnsworth's is a real find. It covers a whole life: first, in years (from age 15) and second, because Farns worth records both feelings and events. She writes about family tensions, flirta tions, a miserable marriage to an abu sive alcoholic, work, elections, a sec ond (happier) marriage to a mail carrier, Sunday School teaching, cam paigns for temperance and women's suffrage. She also provides details about houses, appliances, and the meals she cooked, and sometimes looks back to the frontier of her child hood. Farnsworth's narrative sense and lively personality make the diary as interesting to general readers as to his torians. Highly recommended. Sally Mitchell, English Dept., Temple Univ., Philadelphia
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About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0253345103
• ISBN 13: 9780253345103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Springer Marlene, Springer Haskell S