Dear Andrea, I have access to this journal through the library I work in. I'll look the article up. Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: [HWE] Huguenot Women Writers (1500s) > Hello -- > > As part of the thread about honouring > Huguenot/Walloon women, I wanted to > draw attention to something I found while > trawling the web recently. > There is mention of an article here: > http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19793517&refid=holomed_1 > which is titled "Shouting down Abraham: > how sixteenth century Huguenot Women > found their voice". The article was > originally published in 1997 in > Rennaissance Quarterly which I'm > assuming is a journal or magazine of > some kind. > > Here is what it says on the website > about this article (or perhaps it's an > excerpt from the article itself?): > "Huguenot women writers during the > 16th century Calvinism period have often > been disregarded by Huguenot male > authors. Women were only identified > with household works and their capabilities > for writing were often overlooked. However, > these women writers were able to make > their voices heard as male writers faced > certain obstacles to self-expression. > Although few in number and troubled by > gender roles and scriptually-mandated > status, Huguenot women's works were > still able to influence literature by > describing a new relationship with the > scripture." > > The frustrating thing is that this website > does not allow access to the full article > unless one is willing to give a credit card > number (even for the seven-day free trial > offer). Which I was not willing to do. > So I have no idea who these women > might have been. Does anyone out there > know? If so, please post to the list about > it. I think everyone will agree that this would > be a perfect time to acknowledge these > Huguenot women writers. Regards, Andrea > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname interests often. > Once a month is about right, or more often if you have new details. > Address your post to Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >