When Lewis was 51 years old and long established at Magdalen College, Oxford, he wrote the first of this collection of letters to an American widow. She was des

Collects letters, some of which appear as full-size facsimiles, written over the centuries to America's first ladies by ordinary citizens and famous figures, an

Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), poet, essayist, playwright, and one of the most thoroughgoing advocates of women's rights in early America, was as well known

A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children.

Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775,