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The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Auman, Seagrove, North Carolina, 1928-1930 - Proto-Feminist in the Age of Jazz (Paperback, New)
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The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Auman, Seagrove, North Carolina, 1928-1930 - Proto-Feminist in the Age of Jazz (Paperback, New)
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Mary Elizabeth Auman was a teenager living in the rural south
during the waning years of the Jazz Age when electricity, the
radio, talking movies, and the 1928 Presidential election were the
talk of her community. After rescuing her diary from being
discarded by his father in the late 1950s, her nephew, William
Auman, held on to the written memories for years until recently
when, as a tribute to her memory, he decided to share both Mary's
insight into the social and academic life she experienced as well
as his own historical clarifications. Through her journal entries,
Mary presents a portrait of life in a rural southern village,
describing many trips with friends to parties, movies, and fairs.
While providing vivid accounts of life in the dormitories at coed
Elon College and social activities at parties, ball games, and
other collegiate events, she also details how she and her
classmates rebelled against the taboos of dating, dancing, and
smoking-often finding themselves on probation or suspended from
school as punishment. The Diary of Mary Elizabeth Auman, Seagrove,
North Carolina, 1928-1930 Provides a fascinating glimpse into
southern history and into the development of a rebellious attitude
by young females against the gender conventions of the day in a
rapidly changing world.
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