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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

In 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, she published ''The Gates Ajar'', which depicted the afterlife as a place replete with the comforts of domestic life and where families would be reunited—along with family pets—through eternity.
In her 40s, Phelps broke convention again when she married a man 17 years her junior. Later in life she urged women to burn their corsets. Her later writing focused on feminine ideals and women's financial dependence on men in marriage. She was the first woman to present a lecture series at Boston University. During her lifetime she was the author of 57 volumes of fiction, poetry and essays. In all of these works, she challenged the prevailing view that woman's place and fulfilment resided in the home. Instead, Phelps' work depicted women as succeeding in nontraditional careers as physicians, ministers, and artists.
Near the end of her life, Phelps became very active in the animal rights movement. Her novel, ''Trixy'', published in 1904, was constructed around the topic of vivisection and the effect this kind of training had on doctors. The book became a standard polemic against experimentation on animals. Provided by Wikipedia
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Men, Women, and Ghosts by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Gypsy Breynton by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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The Gates Between by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Avery by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Songs of the Silent World, and Other Poems by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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A Chariot of Fire by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Loveliness: A Story by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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A Singular Life by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Within the Gates by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Beyond the Gates by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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The Gates Ajar by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
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Comrades by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911; Smith, Howard E. (Howard Everett), 1885-1970 [Illustrator]
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A Lost Hero by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911; Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson), 1861-1932; Merrill, Frank T., 1848-1923 [Illustrator]
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The Supply at Saint Agatha's by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911; Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 [Illustrator]; Woodbury, Marcia Oakes, 1865-1913 [Illustrator]
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The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman, 1860-1936; Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922; Brown, Alice, 1857-1948; Cutting, Mary Stewart, 1851-1924; Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930; Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Jordan, Elizabeth Garver, 1867-1947; Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911; Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933; Vorse, Mary Heaton, 1874-1966; Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958
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