Research Catalog
A civil life in an uncivil time : Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose
- Title
- A civil life in an uncivil time : Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose / Paula Tarnapol Whitacre.
- Author
- Whitacre, Paula
- Publication
- [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 18-1145 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- x, 291 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Women abolitionists
- United States
- Suffragists
- Women > Suffrage
- Women civil rights workers
- Quakers
- Women abolitionists > Virginia > Alexandria > Biography
- New York (State) > Avon
- Biography
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women
- Suffragists > Virginia > Alexandria > Biography
- Women > Suffrage > United States > History > 19th century
- Virginia > Alexandria
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- Wilbur, Julia, 1815-1895
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Women civil rights workers > Virginia > Alexandria > Biography
- Quakers > Virginia > Alexandria > Biography
- Slavery > United States > History > 19th century
- Avon (N.Y.) > Biography
- 1800-1899
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Alexandria (Va.) > Biography
- History
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: the saddest sound I ever heard -- Part I. Before the war -- A peculiar period in my pilgrimage -- Slavery is an evil that ought not to exist -- My plans overthrown; life all changed -- At Alexandria...the Potomac rolls its majestic stream -- Part II. During the war -- Civil War is upon us -- My way seems clear to go -- What a place I have found -- Mrs. J and I may carry out our plans -- An interfering and troublesome person -- I wish to...fight it through -- Will it pay? -- As good a spot as could be obtained -- Things as usual, quite unsettled -- Flung my flag to the breeze -- Part III. After the war -- The paraphernalia of war is fast disappearing -- That I might be there to see -- Epilogue: the burial was at Avon.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-1145
- ISBN
- 9781612348551
- 1612348556
- LCCN
- 2017010794
- OCLC
- 983400693
- Author
- Whitacre, Paula, author.
- Title
- A civil life in an uncivil time : Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose / Paula Tarnapol Whitacre.
- Publisher
- [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-1145