Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Diary as the Tapestry of a Life
  • "I Am a Good Girl" : 1877-1879
  • "A Perfect Woman Nobly Planned" : 1880-1882
  • "I Question Myself" : 1883-1884
  • "This World Is Not So Bad a World" : 1885-1886
  • "Murmur Not, It Must Be Right" : 1886-1889
  • "Nobody's Wife" : 1890-1891
  • "The Parent, the Pupil and the Teacher" : 1900-1914
  • "I Do So Feel the Need" : 1914-1917
  • "What Is the Criterion of a Teacher?" : 1922-1935
  • "God Is My Refuge" : 1937-1944
  • "All Will Yet Be Well" : 1945-1952
  • Conclusion: The Diary as Cultural Text.