Fanny Fern Stands Alone

I did research involving Fanny Fern and her role in writing at that time. I started out by reading "The Scribbling Woman and Fanny Fern: Why Women Wrote", then I did additional research involving "Fanny Fern", by Barbara A. White. Through these sources I found the two voice method Fanny used to change or at least question the role women played in writing, and the standards in which they had to abide by. Fanny stood alone as the only women willing to break the mold and find her own voice, or combination of two, to raise questions as to why women are held to certain standards of genteelness. Why do they have to be feeble, and doubtful? Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of few writers who, at the time, saw the need for women to be set free in their writing. Fanny was the initial spark that changed the view of the "feminine genius" forever.