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A Short Biography of Lydia Maria Child

Author Name:

Lydia Maria Child

Born As:

Other Names:

Lydia Maria Child

Born:

11 Feb 1802

Died:

20 Oct 1880




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Abolitionist, women's rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist, journalist and Unitarian                          
Selected Works:

Hobomok: A tale of Early Times, by an American - 1824
The Rebels - 1825
Juvenile Miscellany - 1826
The First Settlers of New England - 1828
"The Indian Wife" - 1828
The American Frugal Housewife (1829
The Mother's Book - 1831
The Girl's Own Book - 1833
An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans - 1833
The Oasis - 1834
Philothea - 1836
The Family Nurse - 1837
The Liberty Bell - 1842, included stories such as "The Quadroons"
Slavery's Pleasant Homes: A Faithful Sketch - 1843, short story
Letters from New York - 1843
A Boy's Thanksgiving Day - 1844
Rose Marian and the Flower Fairies - 1850
Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life - 1853
The Freedmen's Book - 1865
A Romance of the Republic - 1867
An Appeal for the Indians - 1868                          
Mother Susannah Rand Francis
Father Convers Francis
Husband David Lee Child