Writing the Caribbean: Empire, Health, and the Environment in Women’s Travelogues

Coordinating Council for Women in History 2
Thursday, January 6, 2022: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Bayside Ballroom C (Sheraton New Orleans, 4th Floor)
Chair:
Rikki Bettinger, University of Houston
Papers:
“It Is Thought That Such an Alteration Would be Good for Her”: Moravian Women and the West Indies in the 18th Century
Kelly Elyse Douma, Penn State University
Cuba for Healthy Respite: North Atlantic Women’s Travel Writing, 1810–50
Rikki Bettinger, University of Houston
“A Charming Retreat for Jaded Nerves”: Female Travelers, Imperial Cures, and the British Caribbean
Elizabeth S. Manley, Xavier University of Louisiana
Comment:
Adriana Méndez Rodenas, University of Missouri
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