Liz Cooper on "Jane Austen: Working Woman"

Jane Austen's Home Office (1)

Event:   JASNA CWNY November Meeting

Topic:    Jane Austen: Working Woman

               "I must keep to my own style & go on in my own way"

               A talk by JASNA President Liz Philosophos Cooper

When:    Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1 pm EST
Where:   Online through Zoom

Registration Required: Registration Link

Jane Austen wrote primarily about England's leisure class, but working people are always present in supporting roles. In Emma, Mrs. Goddard runs a boarding school for young ladies and Mrs. Ford needs to deal with indecisive customers like Harriet. In studying Jane Austen's gentry we might forget that Jane Austen was, herself, a working woman. She fully desired to earn a living from her writing. 

However, it was not easy for Jane Austen to succeed as a professional writer. Like so many working people today, she worked from home where she had to share both space and domestic duties with others. At least she did not have to spend her days on Zoom.

To learn more about what is was like for Jane Austen as a working woman, please join us (virtually) for our November meeting. JASNA President Liz Philosophos Cooper will speak via Zoom  on "Jane Austen: Working Woman"

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