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Elizabeth Smart: Manuscript Gallery
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Handwritten page bearing the title, THE DAWN OF WOMANHOOD: A BIOGRAPHY IN SYMBOLS SHOWING THE AWAKENING, THE REACTIONS AND THE RESIGNATION OF INNOCENCE AND THE INEVITABLE ABANDONMENT OF WOMAN TO THE MOM
   Pencil drawing, WHY CAN'T YOU TAKE LIFE EASIER, showing a woman's head with a prominent chin and nose
   Pencil drawing, POET IN BLOOM, showing a woman's head with a prominent chin, curly hair and a flower
 
Pencil drawing, THE HUNGRY SPHINX, showing a woman's head with a pointy nose
   Pencil drawing, PASSION, showing a mermaid with her head tilted back, and a daffodil
   Pencil drawing, A SPIRIT YET A WOMAN STILL, showing a naked woman with a large body and tiny head
 
Pencil drawing, CRADLE SONG, showing a naked woman on the ground with a baby between her raised legs
Source		   Pencil drawing, TIS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL, showing a woman with long hair and an open mouth
Pencil drawings, "The Dawn of Womanhood: A Biography in Symbols Showing the Awakening, the Reactions and the Resignation of Innocence and the Inevitable Abandonment of Woman to the Mom", 1935; title page and pages 1-7

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