Posted
on May 17, 2016
She
worked, she traveled, she read books, she went to museums. And
through all of those things, she took notes and made mental
connections and then she wrote and wrote and wrote.
Although
Anna Brownell Jameson lived during a time when women were not
encouraged to express themselves publicly, Jameson became a published
author and earned some fame for her writings.
She
was born on this date in 1794 in Dublin, Ireland. Her family moved to
England when she was just four years old, and she is considered a
British writer.
The
first book Jameson published was a narrative of her travels in Italy,
while acting as a governess to a young pupil. She fictionalized her
experiences by creating a fictional character who saw what she saw
and did what she did. Later in her life she wrote about her “Rambles
in Canada,” and I was impressed by how widely she explored,
including visiting Indian settlements.
Another
published work of Jameson's is Characteristics of Women. She
analyzed several of the heroines in William Shakespeare's plays, and
her perspective was hailed as being fresh and original. Jameson also
wrote about women in a book called The Relative Position of
Mothers and Governesses. Jameson was a good spokesperson for
education for girls and women, and she was seen as an early feminist.
Some
of Jameson's writing is description and analysis of art: Companion
to the Private Galleries, Handbook to the Public Galleries,
and Sacred and Legendary Art.
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