The Silent Partner: Including the Tenth of January

by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Book Overview

After her father suddenly passes away, Perley Kelso is left partial ownership of a mill. However, since it was socially unacceptable for a woman to own property or have a company, Perley is kept as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935312080
• ISBN13: 9780935312089
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.9" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

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I love this book! I used it in a course called Lost Women Writers. It filled a niche that is desperately needed in 19th c American Literature. It addresses how women of the late 19th century joined cross class lines to try to alleviate the problems of industrialism. While it is not a radical book by today’s standards,in the sense that, they do not think about unions and are highly religious, they are on track to what will someday become the labor movement. I should also say that John Steinbeck must have read this book carefully because he decided to pick out a very important passage towards the end of the book to include in his book grapes of wrath. I challenge you to find that “. He never gave her any acknowledgment for that.