Abstract

The major conceptual changes that have recently revolutionized the genre of biography heralded a renaissance, increasing both the quantity and the quality of biographies. The climate which fostered this revolution arose from the intellectual unrest of the sixties. Feminist theory in particular contributed much to the genre by questioning the dogmas of traditional biography. The most significant question posed was, of course, why traditional biography consistently ignored women as subjects. My short biography of Dr. Eleanor Worsley experiments with some newly developed techniques. I approach her life from two angles in hopes that they will round out each other's shortcomings to create a full-bodied portrait.