Traveling Economies American Women's Travel Writing /
Jennifer Bernhardt Steadman.
- 1 online resource (viii, 208 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
"50, 1957-2007, Ohio State", on cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.
Ragged-edge travelers Amy Morris Bradley and Nancy Prince evaluate the economies of travel -- Scolding the nation: the political travel writing of Anne Royall -- Traveling uplift: Mary Ann Shadd Cary creates and connects Black communities -- A "singular spectacle of a female": Frances Wright's traveling figure -- To the summit of equality: a feminist traveler, bloomers, and the antebellum feminist press.
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Travel in literature. Feminism in literature. Women travelers in literature. Women authors, American--Political and social views.--19th century Women travelers--Social conditions--United States--19th century. Women travelers--History--United States--19th century. American prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century American prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism. Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.