TY - BOOK AU - Brakebill,Tina Stewart AU - Colby,Celestia Rice ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - "Circumstances are destiny": an Antebellum woman's struggle to define sphere T2 - Civil War in the North AV - F499.C384 B73 2006 U1 - 977.1/3403092B 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Kent, Ohio PB - Kent State University Press KW - Colby, Celestia Rice, KW - Women KW - Ohio KW - Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Cherry Valley (Ashtabula County, Ohio) KW - Biography KW - Social conditions KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3118718 ER -