Reading and writing ourselves into being : the literacy of certain nineteenth-century young women /
by Claire White Putala
- Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., 2004
- xx, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
- Language, literacy, and learning .
Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Syracuse University Study of literacy based on a collection of correspondence, the Osborne Family Papers, 1812-1968, located in the Special Collections Research Center of Syracuse University
Includes bibliographical references and index
1593111096 (hbk.) RM292.27 1593111088 (pbk.)
Osborne family--Archives
American letters--History and criticism Young women--Correspondence--History and criticism--United States Young women--Books and reading--History--United States--19th century Literacy--History--United States--19th century Young women--Intellectual life--United States Letter writing--History--19th century Young women--Language--United States English language--United States English language--19th century