The Fenwick Letters: A Transnational Feminist Life Reconstructed, Volume II

In volume 2 of The Fenwick Letters,the scholarly annotations to the letters written by Eliza Fenwick (1764-1840) and her granddaughter Elizabeth Rutherford Savage (1817-1899) between 1822 and 1840 reveal an immigration success story. Eliza remade herself in North America as a businesswoman and educator, and her progressive arts-based philosophies and practices still read as a template for academic excellence.".”