Monthly Archives: April 2010

SARAH MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI

from DAUGHTERS OF THE PURITANS By SETH CURTIS BEACH SARAH MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI At Cambridge, it is still possible to pick up interesting reminiscences of Longfellow and Lowell from old neighbors or townsmen, proud even to have seen these celebrities … Continue reading

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DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX

From DAUGHTERS OF THE PURITANS By SETH CURTIS BEACH DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX The career of Dorothy Dix is a romance of philanthropy which the world can ill afford to forget. It has been said of her, and it is still … Continue reading

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Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880

from DAUGHTERS OF THE PURITANS By SETH CURTIS BEACH LYDIA MARIA CHILD In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, few names in American literature were more conspicuous than that of Lydia Maria Child, and among those few, if we … Continue reading

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Mary Lovell Ware, 1798-1849

from DAUGHTERS OF THE PURITANS By SETH CURTIS BEACH Mary Lovell Ware Of all the saints in the calendar of the Church there is no name more worthy of the honor than that of Mary Lovell Ware. The college of … Continue reading

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CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK

From DAUGHTERS OF THE PURITANS By SETH CURTIS BEACH CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK During the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick would doubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, in the opinion of her friends, the … Continue reading

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