A civil life in an uncivil time : Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose
(Book)
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Status
Avon Free Library - Regional
921 WIL
1 available
921 WIL
1 available
Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Biography
B WILBUR
1 available
B WILBUR
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Regional | 921 WIL | Available |
Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Biography | B WILBUR | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Alexandria (Va.) -- Biography
Avon (N.Y.) -- Biography
Quakers -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Suffragists -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Wilbur, Julia, -- 1815-1895
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women abolitionists -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
Women civil rights workers -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
Avon (N.Y.) -- Biography
Quakers -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Suffragists -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Wilbur, Julia, -- 1815-1895
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women abolitionists -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
Women civil rights workers -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Biography
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 291 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description
In the fall of 1862 Julia Wilbur left her family’s farm near Rochester, New York, and boarded a train to Washington DC. As an ardent abolitionist, the forty-seven-year-old Wilbur left a sad but stable life, headed toward the chaos of the Civil War, and spent most of the next several years in Alexandria devising ways to aid recently escaped slaves and hospitalized Union soldiers. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time shapes Wilbur’s diaries and other primary sources into a historical narrative sending the reader back 150 years to understand a woman who was alternately brave, self-pitying, foresighted, petty—and all too human.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitacre, P. (2017). A civil life in an uncivil time: Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose . Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitacre, Paula. 2017. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur's Struggle for Purpose. Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitacre, Paula. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur's Struggle for Purpose Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitacre, Paula. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur's Struggle for Purpose Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
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