The Awakening,, 1, 4, 20, 27, 89, 91–92, 98, 106, 110, 113, 138, 143

The Damnation of Theron Ware,, 146, 155

The Grapes of Wrath,, 2

The House of Mirth,, 12, 16, 156

The Jungle,, 2

The Old Man and the Sea,, 2

The Rise of Silas Lapham,, 12, 16, 155

The Sun Also Rises,, 2, 6, 147

Theron Ware, 146, 149

Thorp, Willard, 118, 121, 161

Tragic Mulatto Figure, 122–123, 129

Trasko, Mary, 32, 161

Trina Sieppe, xii–xiii, 19–21, 23–24, 26–27, 29–58, 69, 82–84, 86, 96–98, 105, 108–112, 114, 122, 138, 140, 142, 144–145, 151–153

Walker, Nancy, 100, 114, 161

Wall, Cheryl A., 127, 133, 163

Wash Williams, 146–147, 149

Wharton, Edith, 12, 16, 156

Wife of Bath, 5

Winesburg, Ohio,, 146, 156

Wolkenfeld, Suzanne, 114, 162

women educational reformers, 22

Wright, Richard, 2

Zerkow, 46–47

Ziff, Larzer, 92, 162