Daughter of Earth - (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Agnes Smedley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Written in 1929 by a social activist, this autobiographical novel chronicles one woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a world of politics and revolution. Filled with erotic heat which informs every page. -- <i>Village Voice</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A tale of American disinheritance told from the inside out, declared the <i>Village Voice</i> of this autobiographical novel. Written in 1929 by a dedicated social activist, it chronicles a woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a predominantly male world of politics and revolution. My aim in life was to study, not to follow a man around, asserts Marie Rogers, who struggles to establish her identity as an individual and as a daughter of the earth, in restless pursuit of equality and justice.<br>Marie's hardscrabble childhood and her involvement with freedom fighters of India and China reflect the author's own experiences. Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) drew upon her own search for spiritual consciousness in this powerful exploration of race, class, and sex in early twentieth-century America. Smedley's novel fell into obscurity after her death, only to reemerge decades later as a remarkable tale of a working-class woman's heroic transformation into an agent for social change.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born into dire poverty, American journalist and author Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) worked tirelessly for the world's oppressed. Her causes included India's independence from Britain, the Chinese Revolution, women's rights, birth control, and children's welfare.
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