Writing Themselves into History

Introduction





Part I

Emily Ketchum Bancroft: A Life in Letters

Chapter 1 Emily, Hubert, and Daughter Kate at Home

Chapter 2 Managing a Household in the 1860s

Chapter 3 Society Around Them

Chapter 4 The World of Travel

Chapter 5 Emily's Demise



Part II

Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft: A Writer in Her Own Right

Chapter 6 A Meeting of Minds

Chapter 7 Becoming a Writer

Chapter 8 "Lovingly, Mamma": Matilda as Mother

Chapter 9 Matilda as Teacher

Chapter 10 A Craving to Take Dictations: Matilda as Oral Historian

Chapter 11 Businesswoman, Dreamer, and Schemer

Chapter 12 "Most Beloved of Women"



Epilogue Climbing the Family Tree: Kate, Lucy, and Their Families



Acknowledgements

Family Chronology

Notes

Index

About the Author

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