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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Francis in Massachusetts in 1802. In 1828 she married abolitionist lawyer David Lee Child, and a few years later, in 1833, published the tract Appeal for that Class of Americans Called Africans. Child remained a prominent abolitionist, co-editing with her husband the National Anti-Slavery Standard. She published numerous works during a life-long career as an author and advocate of issues such as women's rights.
Autumnal Leaves: Tales and Sketches in Prose and Rhyme (1857) (Restricted)
The Church in the Wilderness (1828) (Restricted)
The Coronal: A Collection of Miscellaneous Pieces (1832) (Restricted)
Fact and Fiction: A Collection of Stories (1846) (Restricted)
Hobomok (1824)
"The Indian Wife" from The Legendary (1828) (Restricted)
Letters from New-York (1843) (Restricted)
Philothea (1836)
The Rebels; or, Boston before the Revolution (1825) (Restricted)
A Romance of the Republic (1867)
Letter: Child to Purvis (August 14, 1868)
Letter: Child to "Girl-friend" (January 2, 1877)
Portrait: Lydia Maria Child
From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)
From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)
From Evert A. Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature (1856)
Guides to Lydia Maria Child manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :
A Guide to the Lydia Maria Child Collection [7500]
A Guide to the Lydia Maria Child Collection [7500-a]
A Guide to the Lydia Maria Child Collection [7500-b]
A Guide to the Lydia Maria Child Collection [7500-c]