xxix To the Reader
Late Nineteenth Century: 1865 - 1910 3
34 The development of Women's Narratives
35 Julia A.J. Foote (!823-1900)
37 from A brand plucked from the fire
37 Chapter XVII: My call to preach the gospel
38 Chapter XIX: Public Effort - Excommunication
39 Chapter XX: Women in the gospel
41 Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910)
43 Life in the Iron-Mills
68 Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
71 from Work: A story of experience
71 Chapter 3: Actress
81 Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1921)
83 "Circumstance"
92 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911)
94 from The story of Avis
94 Chapter XIV
101 Chapter XX
110 Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)
112 A white Heron
119 The foreigner
135 Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930)
138 A church mouse