Maridel Le Seuer (I'm really off on the spelling there!) Mid-Western Commmunist writer connected to the 30's proletarian lit. M.P.--- Original Message --- >From: Diane Monaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 2/21/02 9:14:59 AM >
>Hi! > >Our Gender Studies Program has received a large endowment fund to >supplement the gender/feminist archives at our main library. One >collecting focus is on the midwestern region of the country, particularly >the tri-state area (Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan). We are seeking to >identify past and present, well-known and obscure -- women writers/social >activists and feminist writers/activists -- from and/or active within the >Midwest. A few obvious examples include: Gene Stratton Porter (A Girl of >the Limberlost), Alice and Phoebe Cary, Dr. Mary Thomas, Alice Hamilton >(physician/health activist) and Edith Hamilton (classics scholar) and their >cousin Agnes Hamilton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, May Wright Sewall, and of >course Gloria Steinem). Any leads or suggestions are most welcome and >appreciated. > >Many thanks in advance, > >Diane Monaco >Department of Economics >Gender Studies Program >Manchester College > >
