Everyday Literature: An An(ti)thology of Women's Writing

Excerpt from 'A woman's thoughts about women' printed in 1858 by Hurst and Blackett. This excerpt includes Chapter II: Self-Dependence; Chapter VII: Female Friendships; and Chapter XI: Growing Old.

Excerpt from 'Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims," by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins and edited by Mrs. Horace Mann, for sale by Cupples, Upham & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, and by the author, 1883. This excerpt includes the cover; title…

Excerpt from the May 1773 copy of 'Gentleman's Magazine' titled 'Some Account of Phillis, a Learned Negro Girl.' This excerpt includes a letter from John Wheatley that describes Phillis' background and education. The excerpt goes on to explain that…

Excerpt from 'Recipe Book' which includes recipes titled 'Plum Cake,' 'Cure for a cough,' 'Ladies Delight,' and 'To Make Black Medicine.' A community effort across over 60 years, this unique receipt book was compiled by several women to provide a…

Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness' printed in 1791 for J. Johnson. This excerpt includes Chapter IX: The Inconvenience of immoderate…

Excerpt from 'The arts of beauty, or, Secrets of a lady's toilet: with hints to gentlemen on the art of fascinating' published in 1858 by Dick & Fitzgerald. This excerpt includes Chapter I: Female Beauty; Chapter XXI: How to Obtain a Good Head of…

Excerpt from 'The duties of women: A course of lectures' printed by Wililams and Norgate in 1881. This excerpt includes Lecture VI Duties of Contract--Wives--Friends.

Excerpt from the 1820 American edition 'An authentic narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, : the wife of Capt. James Bradley of Liverpool, commander of the ship Sally which was wrecked on the coast of Barbary, in June…