Download or read book Dr Johnson s Women written by Norma Clarke and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick's with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs Lennox, who is superiour to them all." --Samuel Johnson Dr. Johnson enjoyed the company of clever women. Dr. Johnson's Women explores his relationship with six remarkable and successful female authors, all of whom he knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Charlotte Lennox, Hester Thrale, Fanny Burney and Elizabeth Montagu. It is also an account of the characters and achievements of these women. It is often assumed that women writers in the eighteenth century suffered the same restrictions and obstacles that confronted their Victorian successors. Norma Clarke shows that this was by no means the case. Highlighting the opportunities available to women with talent in the eighteenth century, Dr. Johnson's Women makes clear just how impressive and varied their achievements were.
Download or read book Dr Johnson and His Women written by Kate Chisholm and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What They Don t Tell You About Menopause A Gynecologist s Unofficial Guide to Premenopausal Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Life written by Dr. Heather L. Johnson and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have always struggled with the idea of how much better life would be if they had a better body, a better exercise routine, a better life. This can make it difficult for women to grasp that aging is both a normal and natural part of life. With over 40 years of experience working as an obstetrician gynecologist (OBGYN), Dr. Heather Johnson is equipped with the knowledge to help women of all ages mature gracefully. In What They Don’t Tell You About Menopause, Dr. Johnson discusses the various stages of menopause and what to expect throughout this natural aspect of life for women. From perimenopause to postmenopause, and everything in between, this book will be your guide through this daunting period of womanhood.
Download or read book Dr Johnson and the Ladies written by Dorothy Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wits and Wives written by Kate Chisholm and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Samuel Johnson was in his late sixties, he told Boswell that he would like to spend the rest of his life driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman .This teasing remark is at odds with the way we have come to think of Dr Johnson as a strident, overbearing and far too clever conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that Women have all the liberty that they should wish to have . n this revealing and fascinating book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man, the truth of his character, can more clearly be seen via his many relationships with women.At one end of the spectrum were Johnson s mother Sarah and his painted poppet wife Tetty; at the other were Mary Wollstonecraft, who refers to Johnson in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Hester Thrale, renowned wit and Johnson s dear mistress and Elizabeth Carter, translator of Epictetus. In between were the poet and author of bestselling novels, Charlotte Lennox, the portraitist Frances Reynolds, the Derbyshire gentlewoman Hill Boothby and the writer and Abolitionist Hannah More. y looking again at
Download or read book Wicked Flesh written by Jessica Marie Johnson and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of freedom pivots on the choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures. The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begins with intimate acts steeped in power. It is shaped by the peculiar oppressions faced by African women and women of African descent. And it pivots on the self-conscious choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures. Slavery's rise in the Americas was institutional, carnal, and reproductive. The intimacy of bondage whet the appetites of slaveowners, traders, and colonial officials with fantasies of domination that trickled into every social relationship—husband and wife, sovereign and subject, master and laborer. Intimacy—corporeal, carnal, quotidian—tied slaves to slaveowners, women of African descent and their children to European and African men. In Wicked Flesh, Jessica Marie Johnson explores the nature of these complicated intimate and kinship ties and how they were used by black women to construct freedom in the Atlantic world. Johnson draws on archival documents scattered in institutions across three continents, written in multiple languages and largely from the perspective of colonial officials and slave-owning men, to recreate black women's experiences from coastal Senegal to French Saint-Domingue to Spanish Cuba to the swampy outposts of the Gulf Coast. Centering New Orleans as the quintessential site for investigating black women's practices of freedom in the Atlantic world, Wicked Flesh argues that African women and women of African descent endowed free status with meaning through active, aggressive, and sometimes unsuccessful intimate and kinship practices. Their stories, in both their successes and their failures, outline a practice of freedom that laid the groundwork for the emancipation struggles of the nineteenth century and reshaped the New World.
Download or read book Doctor Johnson and the Fair Sex written by William Henry Craig and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Doctor Johnson on Women written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dr Johnson s Women written by Norma Clarke and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Johnson's friendships with the leading women writers of the day was an important feature of his life and theirs. He was willing to treat women as intellectual equals and to promote their careers: something ignored by his main biographer, James Boswell. Dr Johnson's Women investigates the lives and writings of six leading female authors Johnson knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Hester Thrale, Hannah More and Fanny Burney. It explores their relationships with Johnson, with each other and with the world of letters. It shows what it was like to be a woman writer in the 'Age of Johnson'. It is often assumed that women writers in the eighteenth century suffered the same restrictions and obstacles that confronted their Victorian successors. Norma Clarke shows that this was by no means the case. Highlighting the opportunities available to women of talent in the eighteenth century, Dr Johnson's Women makes clear just how impressive and varied their achievements were.
Download or read book Dr Johnson s London written by Liza Picard and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-07-23 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of life in 18th-century London, the city of Hogarth, Fielding, and Dr. Johnson, is presented by the author of "Restoration London". "At last, a riveting history book with no wars, few dates, and minimal references to the King".--"Sunday Express" (London). Two 8-page color inserts.
Download or read book Doctor Johnson and the Fair Sex written by William H. Craig and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Doctor Johnson and the Fair Sex: A Study of Contrasts My chief object in writing this book was to provide those who are curious on the subject, but lack time or inclination for research, with a convenient summary of what is known about the relations that existed between Dr. Samuel Johnson and divers notable women of his time. To this I have added short descriptions of certain ladies whose names, though occurring frequently in the story of Johnson's life, may have become more or less unfamiliar to the average reader of our own day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book My Full Life written by Ann Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whoever said women can't have it all never met Dr. Ann Lutes Johnson-"Stanford's oldest medical student and mother of seven." In My Full Life, Dr. Johnson thoughtfully chronicles the experiences that shaped her: overcoming a challenging childhood in the 1940's, meeting a handsome Yalie in Bermuda who would eventually become her husband and a Fortune 500 CEO, raising seven children while attending Stanford Medical School and pursuing a career in psychiatry, and combining her love of architecture and philanthropy to undertake a monumental four year restoration of the Carolands Chateau, a ninety eight room Beaux Arts mansion and historical landmark. In this deeply candid and reflective memoir, Dr. Johnson pulls back the curtain on her career and personal life-laying bare the experience of being a woman in the 20th century and her struggles and triumphs navigating her education, marriage, motherhood, and career in the medical field. My Full Life is a story of survival and success-an unflinchingly honest and inspiring account of one woman's iconic life.
Download or read book Dr Johnson and Company written by Robert Lynd and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran. This book was released on 1928 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Dr. Johnson & his contemporaries.
Download or read book Lady Bird written by Jan Jarboe Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson exposes startling insights into her marriage to Lyndon Baines Johnson—and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency. Long obscured by her husband’s shadow, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force for LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker impulses. Expertly researched and written, Lady Bird draws from rare conversations with the former First Lady and from interviews with key members of Johnson’s inner circle of friends, family, and advisers. With chapters such as “Motherless Child,” “A Ten-Week Affair,” and “LBJ’s Midlife Crisis,” Lady Bird sheds light on Mrs. Johnson’s childhood, on her amazing acumen as a businesswoman, and on the central role she played in her husband’s life and political career. A vital link to the Kennedys during LBJ’s uneasy tenure as vice president and a voice of conscience on civil rights, Jan Jarboe Russell reveals Lady Bird as a political force. In this intimate portrait, Russell shows us the private Lady Bird—not only a passionate conservationist but a remarkable woman who greatly influenced her husband, his administration, and the country.
Download or read book Dr Johnson written by Norman Page and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnson is known more intimately to more readers than any other figure in English literature, and examples of his famous conversational powers have passed into the language. But he is known almost entirely through the great biography of James Boswell. This volume brings together a selection of the impressions of other men and women who knew him and includes accounts from different viewpoints of his appearance, his behavior, his friendships, and above all his incomparable talk.
Download or read book This Is Our Message written by Emily S. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 50 years, the architects of the religious right have become household names: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson. They have used their massively influential platforms to build the profiles of evangelical politicians like Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, and Ted Cruz. Now, a new generation of leaders like Jerry Falwell Jr. and Robert Jeffress enjoys unprecedented access to the Trump White House. What all these leaders share, besides their faith, is their gender. Men dominate the standard narrative of the rise of the religious right. Yet during the 1970s and 1980s nationally prominent evangelical women played essential roles in shaping the priorities of the movement and mobilizing its supporters. In particular, they helped to formulate, articulate, and defend the traditionalist politics of gender and family that in turn made it easy to downplay the importance of their leadership roles. In This Is Our Message, Emily Johnson begins by examining the lives and work of four well-known women-evangelical marriage advice author Marabel Morgan, singer and anti-gay-rights activist Anita Bryant, author and political lobbyist Beverly LaHaye, and televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. The book explores their impact on the rise of the New Christian Right and on the development of the evangelical subculture, which is a key channel for injecting conservative political ideas into purportedly apolitical spaces. Johnson then highlights the ongoing significance of this history through an analysis of Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy in 2008 and Michele Bachmann's presidential bid in 2012. These campaigns were made possible by the legacies of an earlier generation of conservative evangelical women who continue to impact our national conversations about gender, family, and sex.
Download or read book The Story of Doctor Johnson written by Sydney Castle Roberts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1919 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the title-page of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, Esq., the work to which this little book is a stepping-stone, Boswell claims that the story of Dr Johnson's life exhibits "a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished." It is no idle claim. Indeed, Boswell might have gone a great deal further, for his story is not merely concerned with books and bookish men, but with men and women in every rank of society. Kings and cottagers, statesmen and shopkeepers, bishops and play-actors, rich brewers and penniless poets, dukes and innkeepers, country parsons and gay young men of the town, street beggars and fashionable ladies-all play their part in the story and shew us a picture of the English world in the eighteenth century such as no history-book can give.
