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100 1 _aBlanchard, Amy Ella,
_d1856-1926
245 1 3 _aAn independent daughter
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-10-05
508 _aRichard Tonsing, Aaron Adrignola, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"An independent daughter" by Amy Ella Blanchard is a novel written in the late 19th century. It centers on Persis Holmes, a warm, capable college graduate who aims to live independently—balancing study, work, travel, and duty—while moving through friendships, family ties, and early romances. The tone is domestic and social, with lively scenes, humor, and a thoughtful tug-of-war between home-making and modern aspirations. The opening of An independent daughter follows Persis through her final college days: teasing dorm antics, a pact with friends Patty and Nettie to be “The Cheerful Three,” a prank with a pillow manikin, and a moonlit serenade answered by candy lowered from a window. A lively cooking-club supper shows the book’s blend of fun and competence, as Patty’s bread wins a prize and Mr. Danforth, a steady family friend, quietly impresses. Class Day brings Persis’s graduation, flowers from Mr. Dan and Basil Phillips, and a conversation with an admiral that frames the story’s theme—independence versus traditional home life. Lisa’s elegant June wedding follows, with Persis’s mixed joy and sadness, hints of suitors in the circle, and the first real friction with younger sister Mellicent, whose vanity and defensiveness trouble the family. After a quarrel, Persis seeks her grandmother’s counsel and secretly arranges a Narragansett trip for Mellicent and Grandma, while accepting Aunt Esther’s invitation for her own summer journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPhiladelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898
653 _aYoung women -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aTeachers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWomen college students -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aIdentity -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWomen college graduates -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aStephens, Alice Barber,
_d1858-1932
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/anindependentda00blangoog
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76993
999 _c117717
_d117717