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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to quote copyrighted materials vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Preface xv
5. The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One 1632-1758 Anne Dudley Bradstreet and the Other Puritan Poets 9
8. Chapter Two 1735-1804 Another Kind of Independence 29
9. Chapter Three 1800-1850 The Rise of Female Poetry 63
10. Chapter Four 1800-1850 Sigourney, Smith, and Osgood 83
11. Chapter Five 1850-1900 Refinement and Achievement 121
12. Chapter Six 1900-1945 A Rose Is a Rose with Thorns 149
13. Notes 177
14. Bibliography 199
15. Index 215