Böcker av , Mary Suzanne Schriber

The concept of woman as having a distinctive nature and requiring a separate sphere of activity from that of man was pervasive in the thinking of nineteenth- century Americans. So dominant was this "horizon of expectations" for woman tha...

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Before the 1830s, women's travels outside the United States were infrequent and usually undertaken in the company of a male relative. With the advent of steam liners and railroads, however, international travel became an accessible and acceptable ...

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With the advent of the "steam palace" in the nineteenth century, American women set out to see the world. Women from various walks of life-prototypes of Daisy Miller, Isabel Archer, and Undine Spragg-crossed the oceans in record numbers....

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With the advent of the "steam palace" in the nineteenth century, American women set out to see the world. Women from various walks of life-prototypes of Daisy Miller, Isabel Archer, and Undine Spragg-crossed the oceans in record numbers....

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