Beschreibung:
Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Forten, Kate Chopin, Sarah Jane Foster, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Ida B. Wells, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were 19th century young women who grew up to be novelists, poets, essayists, or journalists. Keeping a private diary helped each girl find her public voice."A collection of seven literary biographies liberally sprinkled with brief quotations from the subjects' diaries, written when they were young adults." - School Library Journal, starred review"Lyons writes with style and feeling, creating a strong sense of each individual life story, even as she gives us a social history of what it was like to be a woman at that time. ... Any teen who keeps a journal will recognize what the title implies: the private world behind the mask of duty." - Booklist
Introduction: Dear DiaryLouisa May Alcott: "The Children's Friend"Charlotte Forten: "A Woman of Character"Sarah Jane Foster: "Soldier of Light and Love"Kate Chopin: "A Lady Most Foolish"Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Genteel Poet"Ida B. Wells: "Brilliant Iola"Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Princess Charlotte"Accounts and Memoranda