WorkHarriet Martineau
Life in the Sick Room (1844), Inferred
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) · 1844
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Documented 1845–1846
Letters • Books
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“Another interesting sign of the time is the influence exercised by two women. Miss Martineau and Miss Barrett, from their sick rooms.”
Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.
Inferred Named explicitly as 'Miss Martineau' writing from a sick room; general influence mentioned. The 'sick room' reference points to Martineau's Life in the Sick Room (1844) or her chronic illness.
“Will you also call on L. C. Bolles in Washington St. and ask if a remittance was made to Miss Martineau on her book "Life in the Sick Room.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.