Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Week 5 Reading Notes: Part A_ de Burton and Jackson

Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton :
1832-1894
"elite Mexican family" (244)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


Helen Hunt Jackson
1831-1885
Massachusetts; "cultured New England family"
was friends with Emily Dickinson
author:
"Bits of Travel at Home" (1878)
"Century of Dishonor" (1881)
"Romana" (1884)
She wanted to inspire slaves


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