The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell - Ohliger, Lisa Macchia
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Lucy Ann Lobdell (1829-1912) was an ordinary woman whose extraordinary life was shaped by personal strife and the hardship of life in early nineteenth-century upstate New York. Struggling with an abusive husband, a young child, ailing parents, and financial strain, Lucy did what was necessary to support her family. In a rural world defined by farming and lumbering, she dressed, labored, and lived in a traditional masculine role. Educated and eloquent, Lucy penned and published, Lucy Ann Lobdell, the Female Hunter of Delaware and Sullivan Counties, N.Y., in 1855. The narrative provides a unique…mehr

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Lucy Ann Lobdell (1829-1912) was an ordinary woman whose extraordinary life was shaped by personal strife and the hardship of life in early nineteenth-century upstate New York. Struggling with an abusive husband, a young child, ailing parents, and financial strain, Lucy did what was necessary to support her family. In a rural world defined by farming and lumbering, she dressed, labored, and lived in a traditional masculine role. Educated and eloquent, Lucy penned and published, Lucy Ann Lobdell, the Female Hunter of Delaware and Sullivan Counties, N.Y., in 1855. The narrative provides a unique look at the persecution of a woman whose only "offense" was disregard for contemporary societal norms. As Lisa Macchia Ohliger demonstrates in The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell: A Woman's Case for Equality, Lucy embodied the nascent women's rights movement. At the same time, and not far from where Lucy lived and went to school, Amelia Bloomer was advocating the right for women to wear pants and was publishing the feminist newspaper, The Lily, while Susan B. Anthony was pushing for land rights and equal pay for women. All of these issues are found in Lucy's account. Lucy's life is an illustration of the historical significance and destructive power of gender in society, and her narrative bears painful witness to the clash between taboo and survival.
Autorenporträt
LISA MACCHIA OHLIGER is a member and volunteer for the Wayne County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society where she is helping to restore the two-hundred-year-old Daniels' Farmstead and Delaware & Hudson Canal. She also teaches and coordinates art and history programs for the society. A graduate of the SUNY College at Oneonta and an accomplished artist, she has exhibited her work internationally. She lives in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, with her husband and children.