Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904

<p>Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904) was an author, journalist and activist, better known by the pseudonym Grace Greenwood. One of the first women to gain access to the Congressional press galleries, she used the opportunity to advocate for social reform and women’s rights, while creating a path for future women correspondents.</p>

<p>Throughout a career that lasted over half a century, Greenwood most often worked as a journalist. She and her writing were praised in many journals, including <i>Female Prose Writers of America</i> (1852), <i>Female Poets of America</i> (1859) and <i>Eminent Women of the Age</i> (1869), but she was often disliked for her strong opinions on women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.</p>

<p>Greenwood’s accomplishments include a number of firsts:<br>
<li>Founder of the first children’s magazine in the United States</li>
<li>First woman writer and reporter on the payroll of the New York Times</li>
<li>One of the first women to gain access to the Congressional press galleries</li>
<li>One of America’s first paid woman newspaper correspondents – for the New York Times</li>
<li>One of the first women to gain access and prominence in journalism, publishing, literature and politics</li>

<p>Sara Jane Lippincott (pseudonym Grace Greenwood, September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. One of the first women to gain access into the Congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and women's rights.</p>

<p>Her best known books for children are entitled, <i>History of My Pets</i> (1850); <i>Recollections of My Childhood</i> (1851); <i>Stories of Many Lands</i> (1866); <i>Merrie England</i> (1854); <i>Bonnie Scotland</i> (1861); <i>Stories and Legends of Travel and History; Stories and Sights of France and Italy</i> (1867). The volumes for older readers are two series of collected prose writings, <i>Greenwood Leaves</i> (1849, 1851); <i>Poems</i> (1850); <i>Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe</i> (1852); <i>A Forest Tragedy</i> (1856); <i>A Record of Five Years</i> (1867); <i>New Life in New Lands</i> (1873); <i>Victoria, Queen of England</i>. This last was published, in 1883, by Anderson & Allen of New York, and Sampson, Low & Marston, London. Lippincott was connected as editor and contributor with various American magazines, as well as weekly and daily papers. Lippincott also wrote much for London journals, especially for <i>All the Year Round</i>. For several years, she lived almost wholly in Europe, for the benefit of her greatly impaired health and for the education of her daughter. When she returned to the United States, she lived in Washington D.C. and then New York.</p>