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Selected Works of Timothy H. Scherman
Presentation
The Political Economy of Early Feminist Journalism.pdf
American Literature Association conference 2021 (2021)
  • Timothy H. Scherman, Northeastern Illinois University
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Abstract
This essay is a contribution to the history of the first woman's rights newspaper, The Una--specifically, the story of Elizabeth Oakes Smith's attempt to inaugurate The Egeria (announced at the National Woman's Rights Convention of 1852) with Paulina Wright Davis before their disagreement over the content and purpose of the paper led to Oakes Smith's disappearance from its editorship. At issue, in all, Scherman argues, is a concept of voluntary, honorific, or "free" literary labor Oakes Smith could not afford to honor.
Keywords
  • Oakes Smith,
  • The Una,
  • Sandra Tomc,
  • Jason Moore,
  • Cheap Nature,
  • The Egeria
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 9, 2021
Location
Boston MA
Citation Information
Timothy H. Scherman. "The Political Economy of Early Feminist Journalism.pdf" American Literature Association conference 2021 (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy-h-scherman/8/
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