Sandra Adickes Livres

Set in pre-World War I Greenwich Village, the narrative explores a vibrant hub of artistic and political activity where women began to assert their influence. Key figures like Margaret Sanger, Mabel Dodge, Dorothy Day, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn emerge as pioneers in their respective movements, shaping societal change and cultural discourse. Sandra Adickes vividly portrays this transformative era, celebrating the contributions of women who played crucial roles in American life and highlighting the unique atmosphere of empowerment and creativity in New York at the time.

Although they held widely differing political views, each of the women in this study - Mary Wollstonecraft, Helen Maria Williams, Ann Radcliffe, and Mary Berry - responded to a common aspiration during the «golden dawn» of the French Revolution and set off to explore the European continent. The writing each woman produced as a result of her quest differed substantially in style and content from her previous work. In the documentations of their travels during this turbulent period, these women functioned as early sociologists, political scientists, and historians, in effect creating a new genre that delivered them from the limitations of women's writing in the 18th century and expanded the choices of later women writers.