Early New England. Women’s Friendship Album Culture, Elizabeth N. Patterson Manuscript Album articulating ideals of womanhood and moral conduct, 1831–1899
Patterson, Elizabeth N. Friendship album, begun 1831, documents early nineteenth-century American album culture among young women educated in New England academies, with emphasis on sentimental expression, moral instruction, and the maintenance of social bonds through handwritten verse and prose. The volume supports research into women’s education, gendered expectations, and the.....