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Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London

Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep the wolf from the door, she struck upon the idea of hiring out as a housemaid in some London household and writing about her experiences. Subsequently, she became a street sweeper, flower-seller, and a laundress. On the flip side, she advertised as an heiress and demonstrated how easy it was for a wealthy American to "buy a pedigree" and entry into the higher social circles. This book is her relation of these experiences.
These were her public-facing accounts. She gives a more personal, behind-the-scenes version in The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl. - Summary by TriciaG

Year of Publication: 1894Genres: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology),Memoirs

Running Time: 06 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds(21 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: TriciaG

#	Chapter Name
	Preface TriciaG	15:04
	In Cap and Apron: "Liberty" and "Independence" TriciaG	14:38
	In Cap and Apron: Seeking a Situation TriciaG	22:53
	In Cap and Apron: "Elizabeth Barrows," Housemaid TriciaG	18:49
	In Cap and Apron: Rough Places "Smoothed Over" TriciaG	21:51
	In Cap and Apron: Without a "Character" TriciaG	24:37
	In Cap and Apron: Parlourmaid to Mrs. Brownlow TriciaG	23:01
	In Cap and Apron: My Last Days in Service TriciaG	21:40
	In Cap and Apron: The Merits of Domestic Service TriciaG	21:43
	The "Almighty Dollar" in London Society: Advertising for a Chaperon TriciaG	9:39
	The "Almighty Dollar": Offers of Marriage TriciaG	9:25
	The "Almighty Dollar": What It would Cost TriciaG	8:56
	The "Almighty Dollar": Interesting Antecedents TriciaG	6:00
	The Price of a Pedigree TriciaG	24:41
	Sweeping a Crossing TriciaG	16:27
	A Day with the Flower-Girls TriciaG	22:00
	Among the Laundry-Girls: Why and How I Became One of Them TriciaG	22:14
	Among the Laundry-Girls: At Work in a "Sanitary Laundry" TriciaG	17:13
	Among the Laundry-Girls: A Contest with Flat-Irons TriciaG	17:58
	Among the Laundry-Girls: The Day of My Resignation TriciaG	19:06
	Among the Laundry-Girls: "Soap-Suds Island" and the East-End TriciaG	20:45