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Lydia Maria Child was born on February 11, 1802, in Medford, Massachusetts. She gained early readers through her fiction, her biographies, and her periodical, Juvenile Miscellany. She bravely risked her established reputation in support of the anti-slavery cause in 1833. Lydia's An Appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans brought her intense, yet mixed, public attention. The next year, she again toiled for the cause by editing The Oasis.
Throughout her life, Lydia continued both her reform work and her writing. She authored several more books and contributed to periodicals such as Ladies' Repository, Living Age, and The United States Democratic Review. "Harriet E. Hosmer. A Biographical Sketch," Lydia's contribution to the January 1861 volume of Ladies' Repository, focused on Hosmer, another woman in A Woman of the Century.
In addition to Hosmer, Child's large personal network included Rosa Miller Avery, Dr. Martha H. Mowry, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
Lydia passed away in Wayland, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1880, and was buried in that town's North Cemetery.
Throughout her life, Lydia continued both her reform work and her writing. She authored several more books and contributed to periodicals such as Ladies' Repository, Living Age, and The United States Democratic Review. "Harriet E. Hosmer. A Biographical Sketch," Lydia's contribution to the January 1861 volume of Ladies' Repository, focused on Hosmer, another woman in A Woman of the Century.
In addition to Hosmer, Child's large personal network included Rosa Miller Avery, Dr. Martha H. Mowry, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
Lydia passed away in Wayland, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1880, and was buried in that town's North Cemetery.
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The coronal. A collection of miscellaneous pieces, written at various times. By Mrs. Child. Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832.
An Appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans. By Mrs. Child. Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833.
The Rebels : or, Boston before the Revolution / by the author of "Hobomok." Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.
Child, L. Maria, "Harriet Hosmer. A Biographical Sketch." Ladies Repository (Vol. 21, Isse 1, January 1861): 1-7. Courtesy of Making of America Michigan
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| This Item | Contributor | Item: Atlantic Monthly |
| This Item | knows | Item: SEDGWICK, Miss Catharine Maria |
| Item: MOWRY, Miss Martha H. | knows | This Item |
| Item: AVERY, Mrs. Rosa Miller | knows | This Item |