Child, Lydia Marie Francis, 1802-1880
Dates
- Existence: 1802 - 1880
Biography
Lydia Maria Francis Child (born Lydia Maria Francis) (February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Lydia Maria Francis Child letter
In English.
Lydia Maria Francis Child letter
In English.
Lydia Maria Francis Child letter
In English.
Lydia Maria (Francis) Child letter
Four-page letter of sympathy from Lydia Maria (Francis) Child at Wayland, Massachusetts to Mary Ann (Day) Brown after the execution of John Brown, December 2. Quotation from letters of other sympathizers showing the influence on multitudes in the Free States by renewed zeal in the "righteous cause."
Lydia Maria (Francis) Child letter
Four-page letter from Lydia Maria (Francis) Child in Wayland, Massachusetts to Mr. Tillinghast in regard to her books and booksellers and photographs taken by Whipple.
Lydia Marie Francis Child letter
In English.