The White Doe

Cotten, Sallie SouthallProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 97K words
Chapters: 10

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The White Doe by Sallie Southall CottenAuthor: Cotten, Sallie Southall,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 13, 2009

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The White Doe is an English work by Sallie Southall Cotten, included in the Project Gutenberg public-domain ebook collection and classified under American and Canadian literature. The available information indicates it is suitable for reading and searching as a public-domain literary text, especially convenient for readers to encounter the writing of an early American woman author. The value of the electronic version lies in being free, copyable, and usable across devices, suitable for classroom assistance, close reading, or reading against a literary-historical background. Since the information does not elaborate on the specific plot or genre, one should not presume when reading that it is a novel in the modern sense, but should first judge the genre and narrative mode from the table of contents and opening. It is advisable to understand it in the context of American literature or women's writing, paying attention to its language style, narrative perspective, and traces of the era. If used for research, the search function of the public-domain ebook can be used to sort keywords, but the version information should be verified when citing, to avoid mistaking electronic layout positions for fixed page numbers.

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About the author

Cotten, Sallie Southall Author · American · 1846–1929

Sallie Southall Cotten (1846–1929) was an American writer and women's movement activist. Living from the latter half of the nineteenth century into the early twentieth, she witnessed a pivotal period in American women's struggle for a place in public life. In literature, she wrote the long poem The White Doe, a narrative work in verse that draws on legend and local color, lyrical in style while keeping its story coherent. Beyond writing, she was active in the women's club movement, promoting the development of women's clubs in North Carolina and contributing to local women's organizing and participation in public affairs. Her writing and social activism thus reinforced each other: she preserved local narrative through literature while expanding women's public space through organizational work. Because public information is limited, details of her life and the full scope of her work remain to be further examined, and only one work is currently confirmed.