Anna H. Askanasy Papers, 1931-1970.

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Anna H. Askanasy Papers, 1931-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45605358

The Anna H. Askanasy papers consist of one linear foot of correspondence, travel journals, and writings. The letters and cards exchanged by Askanasy and Margaret Grierson provide an engaging and insightful commentary on the social, economic, and political situation in the U.S. and Canada between 1950 and 1970. Askanasy's journals, like her letters, provide vivid accounts of her travels around the world and historically contingent commentaries on her lived experience. Her writings include her unpublished book, "The Catastrophe of Patriarchy."

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555118

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Askanasy, Anna H.

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Author. Anna H. Askanasy emigrated from Nazi Austria to Canada in 1938. She was involved in the women's movement and part of a circle of feminists which included Mary Beard and Rosika Schwimmer. She also appears to have been active in the movement for peace which emerged in response to the beginnings of the First World War. Askanasy's letters reveal that she was deeply passionate about women's history. She published a historical novel Empress of Byzantium (1952) under the pseudonym Helen A. Mahl...