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Working in Womens Archives: Researching Womens Private Literature and Archival Documents (review)

Working in Womens Archives: Researching Womens Private Literature and Archival Documents (review) Reviews 513 their trust in men. The nineteenth-century women travelers resisted roman- tic commitment, and at the same time, presented themselves as thoroughly conventional to avoid what they perceived as Wollstonecraft’s mistake. In the twentieth century, Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas use “maternal imagery” in their writing, and the media continually emphasize their gender (231). There are a few minor problems in this text for the lay reader: at times the research becomes overwhelming, and there is a fair amount of repetition (not to mention the annoying split infinitives). Coventry Patmore, the Vic- torian poet, not Virginia Woolf, originated the notion of the “Angel in the House.” At times one wishes that the author would take a stronger stand on the issues of her subjects’ Eurocentrism/racism, and their hesitancy about women’s movements. But perhaps she intended the reader to become angry and complete the text. Readers will find much that is new and admirable in Harper’s compari- son of four remarkable women. Solitary Travelers fills a gap in our knowledge of women’s lives from the 1790s to the 1890s which we glean largely from fictional materials. The study provides a valuable complement to novels by nineteenth-century women, and will also http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biography University of Hawai'I Press

Working in Womens Archives: Researching Womens Private Literature and Archival Documents (review)

Dickin, Janice
Biography , Volume 25 (3) – Jun 1, 2002
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Reviews 513 their trust in men. The nineteenth-century women travelers resisted roman- tic commitment, and at the same time, presented themselves as thoroughly conventional to avoid what they perceived as Wollstonecraft’s mistake. In the twentieth century, Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas use “maternal imagery” in their writing, and the media continually emphasize their gender (231). There are a few minor problems in this text for the lay reader: at times the research becomes overwhelming, and there is a fair amount of repetition (not to mention the annoying split infinitives). Coventry Patmore, the Vic- torian poet, not Virginia Woolf, originated the notion of the “Angel in the House.” At times one wishes that the author would take a stronger stand on the issues of her subjects’ Eurocentrism/racism, and their hesitancy about women’s movements. But perhaps she intended the reader to become angry and complete the text. Readers will find much that is new and admirable in Harper’s compari- son of four remarkable women. Solitary Travelers fills a gap in our knowledge of women’s lives from the 1790s to the 1890s which we glean largely from fictional materials. The study provides a valuable complement to novels by nineteenth-century women, and will also

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