Women authors collection, Ca-Ch, 1827-1900.

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Borneman, Henry Stauffer, 1870-1955

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Harlow, Ruth E.

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Preston, Mary, Mrs.

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Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858

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A Boston lawyer and abolitionist who used his legal training to aid runaway slaves, Loring was an organizer of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He married Louisa Gilman (1797-1868) in 1827. Their daughter, Anna Loring Dresel (1830-1896), was vice president of the Boston Sanitary Commission during the Civil War and president of Vincent Hospital. She married Otto Dresel (1826-1890), a German pianist and composer in 1863; they had two children: Louisa Loring Dresel (1864-195?) and Ellis Loring...

Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...

Carey, Annie

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Annie Carey was a neighbor and friend of Bayard Taylor's family in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. From the description of Annie Carey letter to Henry S. Borneman, 1900 Dec. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53150145 ...

Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885

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Maria Weston Chapman was a New England anti-slavery activist, writer, and editor. From the description of Maria Weston Chapman letters, 1839 and 1884. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49016462 Abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman was born in Weymouth, Mass., to Warren and Anne (Bates) Weston. In 1830 she married Henry Grafton Chapman, who encouraged her interest in abolition. She helped organize the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and was active...

Carey, Rosa Nouchette, 1840-1909

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Rosa Nouchette Carey was a popular and prolific Victorian author. She is best known for her domestic novels which espoused her orthodox and conservative views and high Church principles. She also wrote short stories and religious essays. From the description of Rosa Nouchette Carey letters, 1868-1902. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53943036 ...

Jackson, Julia,

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Campbell, Patrick, Mrs., 1865-1940

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Campbell, whose maiden name was Beatrice Stella Tanner, was an English actress. Von Zastrow was an actress as well. From the description of Mrs. Patrick Campbell letters to Bertha von Zastrow, 1902-1939 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 705558265 Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West, known by her stage name as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, was a noted English stage actress, who remained popular for over 40 years. She created many classic roles, including Eliza Dooli...

Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962

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Clifford Bax was a diverse and talented writer, prolific and opinionated, perhaps best known for his verse plays. Born into an affluent family, Bax was greatly influenced by reading traditional English poets in his teens. He also developed an interest in mysticism, and later in Buddhism and Platonistic theories, all of which influenced his work and worldview; although he became a successful playwright, poet, novelist, critic, editor, and biographer, the mystical ideals espoused in his works coup...

Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879

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Julia Cameron was an English photographer, noted especially for her portraits of prominent Victorians such as Tennyson, Carlyle and Longfellow. She is considered a precursor of the modernist movement in artistic photography. From the description of Julia Cameron letter to Julia Jackson, 1848 Feb. 7. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53943015 1860s-1879 portrait photographer Epithet: nee Pattle, photographer Br...