Chawton House Library: Women's Memoirs
Memoirs of Scandalous Women
1st Edition
By Dianne Dugaw
July 18, 2019
These memoirs all come from women forced to live lives of impropriety, often after ill-treatment from unscrupulous men. Their tales of survival in the face of extreme hardship and privations make inspirational and compelling reading....
Memoirs of Women Writers, Part III (set)
1st Edition
By Gina Luria Walker
December 01, 2013
Mary Hays was a radical feminist whose writings brought her to the attention of her contemporaries William Blake, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. Her Female Biography is an ambitious and acclaimed work, covering the lives of 294 women. The volume will be of use to those ...
Memoirs of Women Writers, Part II (set)
1st Edition
By Gina Luria Walker
December 01, 2012
This volume of Memoirs of Women Writers contains full texts reproduced in facsimile with new scholarly apparatus. The texts have been carefully selected to illustrate various themes in women's history. They include: Mary Hays, Female Biography; or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, ...
Memoirs of Women Writers, Part I (set)
1st Edition
By Anna M Fitzer
December 01, 2011
This volume of Memoirs of Women Writers contains full texts reproduced in facsimile with new scholarly apparatus. The texts have been carefully selected to illustrate various themes in women's history. They include: Alicia LeFanu, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances Sheridan (1824)...
Women's Court and Society Memoirs, Part II
1st Edition
By Amy Culley
January 01, 2010
Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction....
Women's Court and Society Memoirs, Part I
1st Edition
By Amy Culley
February 01, 2009
These exhuberant stories of intrigue and scandal paint a vivid and colourful picture of society life....
Women's Theatrical Memoirs, Part II
1st Edition
By Sharon M Setzer
January 01, 2008
By the close of the eighteenth century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection presents the lives of some of the most celebrated actresses of their day. These memoirs also provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, ...
Women's Theatrical Memoirs, Part I
1st Edition
By Sharon M Setzer
May 01, 2007
By the close of the Eighteenth Century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection offers accounts of the late eighteenth-century stage, which provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and fame....