"Circumstances are destiny" an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere /

Brakebill, Tina Stewart, 1962-

"Circumstances are destiny" an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere / [electronic resource] : Tina Stewart Brakebill. - Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2006. - xx, 255 p. : ill., map. - Civil War in the North . - Civil War in the North. .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1827-1848 : "The impress of the Connecticut character" -- 1848-1853 : "It is my first desire to be a blessing to my husband and-- train up my child in the way of virtue and religion" -- 1853-1857 : "Her influence at home-- may sway the destinies of the world" -- October 1857-January 1858 : "I sometimes think my whole being is changed" -- December 1857-May 1858 : "Yet I live a life they know not of" -- June 1858-December 1858 : "Eleven years ago to day since I took upon myself the cares of a housekeeper" -- November 1858-November 1859 : "I wish for a 'bright little isle' to be peopled with the good, the loving, the gifted" -- November 1859-February 1861 : "I am accomplishing nothing" -- February 1861-November 1861 : "Dark and fearful must be the struggle" -- September 1861-December 1862 : "He is the true patriot-- whose patriotism is only another term for the love of truth, justice and humanity" -- September 1862-April 1865 : "And we women-- can only wait, and wait" -- February 1865-July 1900 : "If I only could leave behind all the darkness-- and forget the past".


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781612774718 (electronic bk.)




Colby, Celestia Rice, 1827-1900.


Women--History--Ohio--Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County)--19th century.


Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio)--Biography.
Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio)--Social conditions--19th century.
Ohio--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Ohio--History--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Electronic books.

F499.C384 / B73 2006

977.1/3403092 B