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Kennesaw State University

A Strong-Minded Southern Woman: Sarah Joe Alston Claiborne

Abstract

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<p>A proposal for a creative non-fiction book using original family letters and other documents brought to light for the first time. The narrative traces the lives and losses of the author's relatives, John Herbert Claiborne, M.D., and Sarah Joseph Alston Claiborne, from 1852 to 1868 in Petersburg, Virginia. This work tells the story of their courtship, marriage, separation during the Civil War, and life during early Reconstruction. The point-of-view is that of "Joe's" perspective (as everyone called Sarah).</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2012

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Johnson, Catharine M.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Dr. Linda Niemann
  • Dr. Anne Richards

Subjects

dc:subject × 6

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/etd/495
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:etd-1496

Chain of custody

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Kennesaw State University
Base URL
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/do/oai/
Last updated
2026-07-24
Source record
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citation

Johnson, Catharine M.. A Strong-Minded Southern Woman: Sarah Joe Alston Claiborne. Thesis thesis, 2012. https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/etd/495