Edna and John

by Duniway, Abigail Scott

• ISBN13: 9780874221886
• ISBN10: 0874221889
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr

Summary

Oregon's Abigail Scott Duniway was a Northwest luminary in the fight for women's rights in the late nineteenth century. Edna and John is one of her serially published novels that helped pave the way for the enfranchisement of women in the West. Presented in book form for the first time, this story of a couple who move to Idaho during the 1860s gold mining frenzy underscores women's struggles in an era when social and legal codes mainly empowered men.

Author Biography

Debra Shein is a professor in the English department at Idaho State University.

Table of Contents

About Abigail Scott Duniway	vii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxv
The Text of Edna and John
September 29, 1876 (all dates are Friday publication dates)	1	(7)
October 6, 1876	8	(8)
October 13, 1876 ``No Paper Next Week.''	15	(1)
October 20, 1876	16	(7)
October 27, 1876	23	(8)
November 3, 1876 ``No Story This Week.''	30	(1)
November 10, 1876 ``No Story Yet.''	30	(1)
November 17, 1876	31	(7)
November 24, 1876	38	(8)
December 1, 1876 ``No Story This Week.''	45	(1)
December 8, 1876	46	(7)
December 15, 1876 ``No Story.''	52	(1)
December 22, 1876	53	(6)
December 29, 1876	59	(6)
January 5, 1877	65	(8)
January 12, 1877	72	(1)
January 19, 1877	73	(8)
January 26, 1877 ``No Story.''	80	(1)
February 2, 1877	81	(7)
February 9, 1877 ``The Story.''	87	(1)
February 16, 1877 ``No Story Yet.''	87	(1)
February 23, 1877	88	(8)
March 2, 1877 ``No Story.''	95	(1)
March 9, 1877	95	(1)
March 16, 1877	96	(6)
March 23, 1877	102	(6)
March 30, 1877	108	(1)
April 6, 1877	108	(6)
April 13, 1877	114	(5)
April 20, 1877	119	(6)
April 27, 1877	125	(6)
May 4, 1877	131	(6)
May 11, 1877	137	(6)
May 13, 1877	143	(5)
May 25, 1877	148	(6)
June 1, 1877	154	(6)
June 8, 1877	160	(7)
June 15, 1877	167	(8)
Notes to Edna and John	175	(10)
Afterword: When Wives Were Slaves	185	(26)
Appendix: The National Centennial Equal Rights Protest	211	(4)
Selected Bibliography	215	(3)
About the Editor	218