Traces the contributions of women to the American theater and offers the texts of five plays that deal with a sick child, a murdered husband, and family life

Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s offers the first direct evidence that women playwrights helped create the movement known as Modern Drama. It contains twelve p

Highlights the achievements and significance of women playwrights in early American drama.

Arguing that women use autobiography and performance for expression and as a means of controlling their public and private selves, the contributors of these 11

These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres. The book's focus is on women's role in and access t