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Women, work, and worship in Lincoln's Country : the Dumville family letters / edited by Anne M. Heinz and John P. Heinz. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: the provenance and transcription of the letters -- Acknowledgments -- The Dumvilles and their times -- 1851-1853 : Family matters -- 1854-1855 : Cholera -- 1856-1857 : Political awareness -- 1858-1860 : The Lincoln-Douglas elections -- 1861-1863 : the war -- The letters end -- Notes -- References -- Index.

The intimate and the epic in the lives of four prairie women.


English.

ISBN: hardcover : alk. paper 9780252098130 e-book 0252098137

Source: 22573/ctt18j5w9c JSTOR

LCCN: 2019718248

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dumville family--Correspondence.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Correspondence.
Dumville family.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History--Middle West--19th century.
Women--Social life and customs--Middle West--19th century.
Middle class--History--Middle West--19th century.
Femmes--Histoire--Midwest (États-Unis)--19e siècle.
Femmes--Mœurs et coutumes--Midwest (États-Unis)--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Social aspects.
Middle class.
Social conditions.
Women.
Women--Social life and customs.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle West--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Middle West--Social conditions--19th century.
Midwest (États-Unis)--Conditions sociales--19e siècle.
Middle West.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Personal correspondence.

LC Class. No.: HQ1438.M53

Dewey Class. No.: 305.409773/09034