"Could I but mark out my own map of life": Educated women embracing cartography in the nineteenth-century American South

Cartographica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Richards, Penny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American South; Cartographic culture; Gender; Girl's education; History; Nineteenth century; Private correspondence; Women

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; GENDER; MAPPING; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 5044229458     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/B5HV-8H1R-V628-3654     Document Type: Article

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