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title: 'Domestic Infelicity of Literary Women'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune'
date: 1890-08-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 31'
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Titus 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/terhune-1890-domestic-infelicity-of-literary-women
---

# Domestic Infelicity of Literary Women

Shaler: slavery stunted Southern development; Reconstruction and Northern commerce now rebuild its economy. Marion Harland: professional women writers risk domestic strain and marital discord.

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