Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Seeking Great Reward from Thee" -- 1. "Sweetest of Earth's Glories, Love!" 1849-1871 -- 2. "Crisis, Restraint and Liberty" 1869-1872 -- 3. "Caught in the Current" 1872-1875 -- 4. "An Unhappy Marriage" 1876-1880 -- 5. "A Man or a Woman?" 1880-1883 -- 6. "Years of Gloom" 1883-1894 -- 7. "Glorious New Spring" 1896-1913 -- Conclusion: "Shadow of 'Outer Darkness' Close to Me" -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Using Maynard's extensive personal papers, especially her diaries and autobiography, Constance Maynard's Passions is the fascinating account of a life which confounds the usual categories of faith, gender, and sexuality
