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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
No full textThe well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. In 1868 she published her first major novel, The Gates Ajar. An international success, the novel sold more than six hundred thousand copies, making it one of the best-selling American works of the nineteenth century. Through the next four decades Phelps published hundreds of essays, tales, and poems, which appeared in every major American periodical, while also writing novels, including Beyond the Gates (1883) and The Gates Between(1887).
Phelps’s legacy as an important American writer, however, has been hurt by the seeming contradictions between her life and work. For example, she was an ardent advocate for women’s rights both inside and outside marriage, but her stories seem to glorify the sort of extreme self-sacrifice associated with the most conservative domestic ideology. In this collection, the editors seek to restore Phelps’s reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. From arguments for suffrage to harrowing tales of Reconstruction, these essays, along with short fiction and poetry, provide a new perspective on a major American writer from the later nineteenth century
The Life and Letters of the Lady Arbella Stuart
No full textLady Arbella Stuart, a woman nearly forgotten in history and literature and yet a woman who lived a full and exciting life which is well documented in her letters to her family, friends and royalty (both Queen Elizabeth I and James VI and I). Arbella Stuart was born in 1575 to Elizabeth Cavendish and Charles Darnley and was brought up by her maternal grandmother, Bess of Hardwick. She was educated from birth about her proximity to the throne (there was a chance she could have been queen when Elizabeth died) and the important role she had in life. There have been several biographies written about Stuart over the years and most recently an excellent text of her existing letters by Sara Jayne Steen which is the primary source of information for this thesis. This thesis examines Stuart’s tone, rhetoric and style in a selection of letters written over the course of her life, where possible using manuscripts viewed in the British Library and Hardwick Hall, as well as the published text. Part of what makes Stuart such an interesting subject is her ability to manipulate her reader and assume different personae, depending on whom she was writing to. The young Stuart writes passionately and often without thinking first, putting her thoughts on paper and then quickly sending them off to the Queen and her advisers. An older and wiser Stuart writes from James VI and I’s court and is very formal in her letters to the King. She is more relaxed when writing to her Aunt and Uncle and depicts court life in a lively informal fashion giving us a valuable insight into what life as a courtier would have been like at this time. Finally the thesis examines Stuart’s last letters written from imprisonment, the work of a desperate woman, fighting for her freedom. Stuart, like most of us, had a multi-faceted personality. She was at times an apparently submissive and subservient subject of the King; a well read and educated woman who adopted the guise of humility and deference to those in authority, the patriarchal order in place. This thesis will depict the many different sides to Stuart and give a brief overview of her exciting and turbulent life, told through her letters
Stuart, VA: Stuart Rotary Park Conceptual Site Master Plan
No full textThe Stuart Rotary Club was founded in 1938. The Rotary club is made up of a diverse group of leaders and active adults from Patrick County that focus their joint energies to bring success to the community. The club raises funds for the Rotary’s signature international program of eradicating Polio, raises funds for local scholarships, provides transportation for student leaders, and hosts the Annual Agricultural Fair. The Stuart Rotary Club wanted to develop a conceptual site master plan as a long range development strategy for the ~75 acre property in order to better meet the needs of the community and serve as a showcase for Patrick County.
The site master plan envisions the Stuart Rotary property as a place for
entertainment, community gathering, and outdoor recreation. The design utilizes the existing infrastructure, expansive woods, and scenic South Mayo River to create spaces for the community to gather for special events, camp, walk, hike, bike, and more. The major design elements of the site master plan include an amphitheater, concession stand near the existing demolition derby and recreational fields, tent camping, wooded walking trails, an extension of the Mayo River Rail Trail, dog park, and vehicle entrance improvements from Woodland Drive
Letter, Elizabeth Wier to Mary Elizabeth Wier, April 11, 1861
No full textLetter, Elizabeth Wier from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to her daughter Mary Elizabeth Wier. She mentions the recent birth of a Parker grandchild, the health and excitement of her daughter Sue Parker, and the activities of other family members. She mentions the news being only of war one day but better the next day, her hope that there will not be war, and her fear being afraid that Bud, Doc, Benson will go and that Stuart (Robert Stuart Wier) is raising a company (the Enterprise Guards).https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-wier-papers/1001/thumbnail.jp
The relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart in the context of the English Catholic problem.
No full textopenLa tesi si propone di analizzare il rapporto tra Maria Stuart ed Elisabetta I e come esso venne trattato dalla storiografia, ponendo particolare attenzione a come essa abbia rivalutato l'immagine di Maria Stuart. I primi due capitoli si focalizzeranno sulle due regine, riportando un'analisi di determinati aspetti delle loro vite, come la formazione e le politiche matrimoniali, contestualizzati nelle dinamiche religiose dei due regni. Il terzo ed ultimo capitolo affronta, invece, il problema cattolico inglese nell'Inghilterra elisabettiana con l'analisi delle ultime lettere decifrate di Maria Stuart, scritte durante la sua prigionia in Inghilterra
No. 617 Stuart Ruckman
No full textTranscript (12, 40 pages) of two interviews by Matt Driscoll with Stuart Ruckman on April 9, 2010, and July 7, 2011Ruckman (b. 1966) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Stuart shares how his family, particularly his father, played a significant role in introducing him to the outdoors. Some of his initial explorations included a hike to the top of Mount Olympus when he was five years old, backpacking trips in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains, and a successful summit attempt on the Grand Teton when he was twelve. Stuart discovered technical rock climbing due to the influence of his older brother Bret, five years Stuart\u27s senior. Bret learned under Dennis Turville, a well-respected Salt Lake climbing instructor. Stuart shares his observations on the Salt Lake climbing community of the late 1970s and 1980s, noting the intimacy of the community, while also pointing out the significant influence of a handful of climbers, including Merrill Bitter, Les Ellison, and Brian Smoot. He briefly describes the proliferation of new-route development in the Wasatch during his first decade in climbing. In collaboration with his brother Bret, Stuart published comprehensive guidebooks on climbing in the Wasatch Mountains. Stuart\u27s contributions as a first-ascensionist and co-author of Rock Climbing the Wasatch Range attest to his lasting impact on Utah climbing. Interview is part of the Outdoor Recreation History Project. Interviewer: Matt Driscol
Writings by Elizabeth McDuffie, circa 1950
No full textWriting related to Major Henry Stuart Hooker and the way he liked his bed made
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's Advocacy for Women’s Homeownership in 19th-century America through Her Writings.
No full textElizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1922) received the well-deserved acclaim and recognition as an exceptional author, with a remarkable body of work encompassing over fifty books, hundreds of articles, poems, and short stories published in prestigious magazines, but she has been marginalized in the study of American literature. This is unfair, also, because of her tireless efforts to promote gender equality across various aspects of women's lives. Indeed, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps was a writer with a central cause: women.
For the present proposal, the focus will be particularly on her advocacy for women's ownership of their own homes, a proposition that sharply contradicted the prevailing feminine ideal of her era. In her autobiography, she overtly recommended this uncommon “experiment at home-making” and especially to unmarried women (Chapters, 192) and she put into practice one of her firm beliefs, that women should own the houses the lived in.
Nevertheless, writing about this was not very profitable at a time when editors promoted instead literary works that portrayed heroines who incarnated the role of the True Woman (Coultrap-McQuin 12), who was supposed to be what Virginia Woolf called the “Angel in the House”, but not as its owner.
In previous studies, I have concentrated on how Elizabeth Stuart Phelps not only defended, but also portrayed with her own example her conviction of the benefits derived from the ownership of their own houses by women. In the current one, my objective is to illustrate how she reflected it also in her writings. To achieve this goal, I will employ a qualitative analysis of Phelps' literary works where this subject is most effectively explored, employing a Feminist Critical Approach. My ultimate goal is to contribute to situate Elizabeth Stuart Phelps among a wider range of nineteenth-century American women writers whose efforts to become both successful artists and reformers have already been recognised worldwide.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
Life and Works of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
No full textIn this treatise I have attempted to make a study of the life and works of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. The only material available to me was her autobiography and her numerous works. Since I have been unable to find any critical material other than brief comments published in periodicals at the time of her death, I have discussed rather than criticized her works for the most part
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 (SC 2423)
No full textFinding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2423. Letters of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps to Richard Watson Gilder, editor of The Century Magazine. Two letters relate to her submission of the manuscript for the story “Jack” and explain her eagerness to read and correct the proof. She also writes of her home in East Gloucester, Massachusetts and of the challenge of composing short stories. A third letter from Newton Center, Massachusetts discusses her submission of chapters of her memoir, offers to make changes, and advises of her availability by telephone
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