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Virginia Woolf


A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, some of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement or the Dial, and others were or…

Letters of a Woman Homesteader

Read by Lynne Carroll


Elinore Pruitt Stewart


The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for hers…

The Maid of Maiden Lane (dramatic reading)

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Amelia E. Barr


The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in …

A Voice in the Wilderness

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Grace Livingston Hill


Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…

The Girl from Montana

Read by Gail Mattern


Grace Livingston Hill


Young Elizabeth, left orphaned by an evildoer who murders her last brother, flees Montana on horseback to find her remaining relatives in th…

The Annals of Ann

Read by CJ Plogue


Kate Trimble Sharber


As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …

Virginia

Read by Jim Locke


Ellen Glasgow


Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and …

The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

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Harriet Parr


This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a v…

A Chautauqua Idyl

Read by Scarlett Martin


Grace Livingston Hill


The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Read by PhyllisV


Dexter C. Bloomer


As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …

The Case of Jennie Brice

Read by Wina Hathaway


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a m…

Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

Read by Sandra Cullum


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The story of three "middle aged ladies". Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. - Summary by Sandra More Tish stories…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

Concerning Isabel Carnaby

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler


Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…

A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…

Mary Cary, Frequently Martha

Read by Jan MacGillivray


Kate Langley Bosher


"My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orp…

My Doves

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Louisa May Alcott


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven readings of My Doves, by Louisa May Alcott. This was the fortnightly poem for December 21, 2014 - Janua…

Eight Cousins (Version 2)

Read by Maria Therese


Louisa May Alcott


This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…

The Type-Writer Girl

Read by Grant Hurlock


Grant Allen


(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …

Miss Philura's Wedding Gown

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…

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