My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Libe... Part 2/2

Peony Ink Chronicles
Oct 25, 2026

My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, but which may be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect without Injury to Themselves or the Book by Marietta Holley (1836 - 1926)
Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Fictional Biographies & Memoirs, Humorous Fiction

Read by: TriciaG in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 22 - Meet Dr. Mary Walker
00:11:23 - 23 - Interview with Theodore and Victory
00:46:48 - 24 - A Wimmen's Rights Lecturer
01:01:35 - 25 - Alexander's Store
01:15:19 - 26 - A Harrowin' Operation
01:27:49 - 27 - A Visit to Horace
02:21:36 - 28 - A Sea Voyage
02:36:31 - 29 - Old Friends in New Garments
03:01:57 - 30 - Horace and Josiah

. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, 'Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.' But I hung back in spirit from the idea and says I, to myself, I never went to school much and don't know nothin' about grammer, and I never could spell worth a cent. . . . 'I don't know no underground dungeons, I haint acquainted with no haunted houses, I never see a hero suspended over a abyss by his gallusses, I never beheld a heroine swoon away, I never see a Injun tommy hawked, nor a ghost; I never had any of these advantages; I cant write a book.'But still it kept a sayin' inside of my mind, 'Josiah Allen's wife write a book about your life, as it passes in front of you and Josiah, daily, and your views on Wimmen's Rite's. The great publick wheel is a rollin' on slowly, drawin' the Femail Race into liberty; Josiah Allen's wife, put your shoulder blades to the wheel.' (Summary from the preface)NOTE: This book is the product of its time and contains racial terms not acceptable today. Any songs sung are from the original tunes mentioned, and are in the public domain.