Project Gutenberg 2004-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 86 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn 1857 1948 Lin, Frank Horn, Gertrude Franklin The White Morning: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime E-text prepared by Sandra Bannatyne and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The White Morning: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime" by Gertrude Atherton is a historical novel likely written in the early 20th century. It explores the lives of German women during a tumultuous wartime period, focusing primarily on Countess Gisela Niebuhr, her sisters, and their quest for independence and empowerment against the backdrop of a male-dominated society. The narrative delves into their personal struggles, societal expectations, and evolving roles amid the changing dynamics brought on by the war. The opening of the novel introduces Countess Gisela as she reflects on her life and determination to resist the oppressive structures imposed by her father and German society. Gisela and her siblings have pledged never to marry, fueled by memories of their mother’s unhappy marriage and the tyrannical rule of their father. As their homeland is engulfed in war, Gisela evolves from the sheltered aristocratic girl into a determined woman poised to challenge traditional norms. Through her journey, the reader witnesses the impact of war on women, the stark contrasts between their societal roles before and during the conflict, and Gisela's transition into a figure who may lead a movement for change among women in Germany. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Fiction Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1918 -- Fiction Women -- Germany -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 224204 222150 2024-09-06T07:38:29.027889 2023-10-06T09:23:49.362783 text/html text/html 222016 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 92006 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164909 2024-09-06T07:38:34.894839 application/epub+zip 167503 2024-09-06T07:38:31.499858 application/epub+zip 158476 2024-09-06T07:38:30.592867 application/epub+zip 410308 2024-09-06T07:38:37.596812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393234 2024-09-06T07:38:34.272848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277284 2022-09-07T02:27:45.200884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211178 211097 2024-09-06T07:38:28.628865 2023-10-06T09:23:48.991789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210608 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 82694 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 210653 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 82644 2020-12-18T06:47:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20860 2024-09-06T07:38:37.725813 application/rdf+xml 25053 2024-09-06T07:38:30.945858 image/jpeg 4492 2024-09-06T07:38:30.768860 image/jpeg 163954 2024-09-06T07:38:29.051875 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia