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The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Auman, Seagrove, North Carolina, 1928-1930
Mary Elizabeth Auman
其他書名
Proto-Feminist in the Age of Jazz
出版
iUniverse
, 2010
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Education / Student Life & Student Affairs
History / United States / 20th Century
Social Science / Women's Studies
ISBN
1440199442
9781440199448
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TW-RVCZuox4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Mary Elizabeth Auman was a teenager living in the rural south during the waning years of the Jazz Age when electricity, the radio, talking movies, and the 1928 Presidential election were the talk of her community. After rescuing her diary from being discarded by his father in the late 1950s, her nephew, William Auman, held on to the written memories for years until recently when, as a tribute to her memory, he decided to share both Mary's insight into the social and academic life she experienced as well as his own historical clarifications. Through her journal entries, Mary presents a portrait of life in a rural southern village, describing many trips with friends to parties, movies, and fairs. While providing vivid accounts of life in the dormitories at coed Elon College and social activities at parties, ball games, and other collegiate events, she also details how she and her classmates rebelled against the taboos of dating, dancing, and smoking often finding themselves on probation or suspended from school as punishment. The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Auman, Seagrove, North Carolina, 1928 1930 Provides a fascinating glimpse into southern history and into the development of a rebellious attitude by young females against the gender conventions of the day in a rapidly changing world.