19th Century Schoolgirl: The Diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, 1852-1855 (Diaries, Letters & Memoirs)

ISBN 10: 0736803424 ISBN 13: 9780736803427

Publisher: Blue Earth Books, 1999

The diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, a ten-year-old girl who lived in western New York during the 1850s who records her family and school life, clothing, transportation, and views on women's rights. Includes activities and a timeline related to this era.

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Reviewed with Charlotte Forten's A Free Black Girl before the Civil War.

Gr. 4-8. These titles, part of the Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs series, attempt to introduce readers to the first-person accounts of actual Americans. Forten, a 16-year-old African American living in Massachusetts, describes her schooling, her participation in the antislavery movement, and her reactions to the capture and return of a fugitive slave. Richards, a 10-year-old living in western New York state, discusses her family and school life, daily activities in a small town, and her reactions to the burgeoning women's rights movement. Both volumes begin with an introduction explaining primary sources, and provide numerous sidebars that clarify terms or topics and offer related projects. The format, with many illustrations, is pleasing, and the use of two colors for the text clearly separates the primary material from the commentary. These are tailor-made for history lessons or creative writing classes exploring the diary form. For more titles, see the Series Roundup. Kay Weisman
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Grade 4-6-This series features the edited diaries of real young people from different periods in American history. Captain's Daughter covers three years in the life of Laura Jernegan, who traveled with her family to the Pacific on whaling voyages. Schoolgirl offers passages from the diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, who lived in upstate New York with her wealthy grandparents. Quaker Girl presents excerpts from the journal of 16-year-old Sally Wister, who lived with her affluent family in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. The texts are quite readable even though they retain the occasional misspelling and grammatical errors of the original sources. In all three books, sidebars provide background information, activity suggestions, and tips on starting a journal. Full-color and black-and-white photographs, reproductions, and drawings add clarity as well as visual appeal. This series will be the natural next step for fans of the "Dear America" fictional series (Scholastic).
Eunice Weech, M. L. King Elementary School, Urbana, IL
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