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Barbara Sicherman

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Born

Buffalo, New York , The United States

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http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-8614.html

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Women & Gender Studies

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I write about women, privileged and not, real (Jane Addams, Ida B. Wells, Edith and Alice Hamilton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman) and imagined (Jo March, Marjorie Morningstar). My recent book, "Well-Read Lives" tells moving stories of how young women born in Victorian times lost--and found--themselves in books and worked out a life purpose around them. By discovering the meaning of reading to women in the past, today's readers can gain insight into their own lives. I taught at Trinity College for many years and live in West Hartford, Conn. with my Maine Coon cat, Sascha.

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Recent Review of "Well-Read Lives"

I can't resist: There's a wonderful review of WELL-READ LIVES: HOW BOOKS INSPIRED A GENERATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN by Mary Kelley in the April issue of MODERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY. Check it out at
OI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1479244312...

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Average rating: 3.85 · 81 ratings · 16 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Well-Read Lives: How Books Inspired a Generation of American Women 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Nineteenth Century by Miriam Forman-Brunell, Leslie Paris (Editor), Carol Devens (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice Hamilton: A Life in Letters 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary (Notable American Women) (Volume 4) by Barbara Sicherman (Goodreads Author), Harriette Walker (Editor), Carol Hurd Green (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America by Hasia R. Diner (Editor), Shira Kohn (Editor), Rachel Kranson (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The quest for mental health in America, 1880-1917 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WOMEN AND SOCIETY 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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