1st Edition
Women Writing Home, 1700-1920 Vol 4 Female Correspondence Across the British Empire
By Klaus Stierstorfer, Deirdre Coleman, Cecily Devereux, Susan Clair Imbarrato, Charlotte J Macdonald
Copyright 2006
292 Pages
by
Routledge
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Volume 4 India: Introduction. Part I: A Home Away From Home: Family and Society Sophia Plowden, Calcutta, 1783 Matilda Spry, from Bengal, 1856–9 Alice Massy, India 1875 Part II: Against the Grain: Pioneer Women Marie Elizabeth Hayes, Missonary Doctor, 1906–7 Margaret Noble / Sister Nivedita, 1911 Cornelia Sorabji, India, 1893–1915 to Mary, Lady Hobhouse to Sir Valentine Chirol
Biography
Klaus Stierstorfer, Deirdre Coleman, Cecily Devereux, Susan Clair Imbarrato, Charlotte J. Macdonald
