Reading and writing ourselves into being : the literacy of certain nineteenth-century young women - Putala, Claire White (Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., 2004)
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
Keywords: Osborne family -- Archives; American letters -- History and criticism; Young women -- United States -- Correspondence -- History and criticism; Young women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Literacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Young women -- United States -- Intellectual life; Letter writing -- History -- 19th century; Young women -- United States -- Language; English language -- United States; English language -- 19th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century