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ERIC Number: EJ545356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8723
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Reading Women/Women Reading: The Making of Learned Women in Antebellum America.
Kelley, Mary
Journal of American History, v83 n2 p401-424 Sep 1996
Examines the role of women's literary societies in the United States during the first half of the 17th century. The reading societies provided a space for intellectual growth, companionship, and support. They also created a pre-feminist role model of a literate and competent woman, the "learned woman." (MJP)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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