AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE ìHISTORYî OF WOMEN

Table of Contents

Introduction

Autobiography of the "History" of Women

Autobiographies Before 1700
  1. The Authors
    1. Lady Lucy Knatchbull
    2. Lady Anne Clifford
    3. Anna Trapnel
    4. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
    5. Lucy Hutchinson
    6. Anne Fanshawe
    7. Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick
    8. Anne Halkett
    9. Alice Curwen
    10. Mary Penington
    11. Elizabeth Andrews
    12. Joan Vokins
    13. Margaret Fell Fox
    14. Anonymous Relative of Cromwell
    15. Barbara Blaugdone
    16. Elizabeth Stirredge
    17. Alice Thornton
    18. Alice Hayes
    19. Marion Veitch
  1. Patterns in Women’s Autobiography before 1700

Historical Background: Before 1700
  1. The Political Climate
  2. The Religious Climate
  3. Philosophical Tendencies
  4. Literary Developments

18th Century Autobiographies: 1700-1750

  1. The Authors
    1. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    2. Elizabeth Webb
    3. Delariviere Manley
    4. Elizabeth Thomas
    5. Elizabeth Elstob
    6. Mary Delany
    7. Elizabeth Cairns
    8. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
    9. Sarah Osborn
    10. Elizabeth Ashbridge
    11. Laetitia Pilkington
    12. Teresia Constantia Phillips
  1. Patterns in Women’s Autobiography: 1700-1750

18th Century Autobiographies: 1750-1800

  1. The Authors
    1. Viscountess Frances Anne Vane
    2. Charlotte Charke Sacheverel
    3. Catherine Jemmat
    4. Margaret Lucas
    5. Jane Hoskens
    6. Ann Wall
    7. Mary Eleanor Lyon Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
    8. George Anne Bellamy
    9. Elizabeth Sarah Villa-Real Gooch
    10. Hester Ann Rogers
    11. Frances Dodshon
    12. Catherine Phillips
    13. Mary Alexander
    14. Mary Robinson
  1. Patterns in Women’s Autobiography: 1750-1800

Historical Background: The 18th Century

  1. The Religious Climate
  2. The Political and Economic Situation
  3. Philosophical Tendencies
  4. Literary Developments

The "Feminine Sensibility" in Early Autobiography

  1. Problems of Definition
  2. Autobiography and the Changing Mood of Women before 1800

Bibliography

  1. Autobiographies of British Women Written before 1800
  2. Other Works Consulted
All materials ©2000 Cynthia Stodola Pomerleau