Nature's AristocracyIn 1871 Jennie Collins became one of the first working class American women to publish a volume of her own writings: Natures Aristocracy. Merging autobiography, social criticism, fictionalized vignettes, and feminist polemics, her book examines the perennial problem of class in America. Collins loosely structures her series of sketches around the argument that nineteenth century U. S. society, by deviating dangerously from the ideals set forth in the