She Went A-Whaling

She Went A-Whaling EMCA presents John Holzapfel in a discussion about She Went A-Whaling, a book of journal entries from 1847 and 1848 by Martha Smith Brewer Brown of Orient and edited by Anne MacKay. Martha accompanied her whaling-captain husband for an adventure to whaling grounds around the world. Her accounts made a large contribution to women’s history [...]