Frazier, ElizabethCole, Natalie B.2020-05-152020-05-152012-10-01Frazier, Elizabeth. "“Slender firm strokes of the pen”: The Unspoken Words of Women Writers in Edith Wharton’s Fiction" Oakland Journal 23 (2012). 77-851529-4005http://hdl.handle.net/10323/7969Throughout Edith Wharton’s writing, many of her female protagonists are avid readers and letter writers. Edith Wharton herself emerged as a “woman novelist” during a time when society dictated that a woman’s role was confined to the home. Wharton and others challenged the status quo as agents of change and power.en-USCopyright held by Oakland UniversityWomenWritingWharton, Edith 1862-1937Article