Lydia Maria Child presents the life of the dynamic nineteenth-century writer who, through her pen and at great personal cost to her literary career, spoke out for those silenced in society -- slaves, Native Americans, women, and the poor. At the dawn of the 1830s, Lydia Maria Child was a celebrated author, known for her popular domestic handbook, The Frugal Housewife, and Hobomok, a novel of American Indian life. In 1833, with the publication of her controversial Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans, Child's life changed dramatically from literary figure to antislavery activist. Her Appeal helped ignite the abolitionist movement, and several antislavery leaders -- including Wendell Phillips and Charles Sumner -- credited it with converting them to the cause. An inspirational look at an extraordinary woman, Lydia Maria Child is the story of how one person fought for the basic human right of freedom -- for all.
Author(s): Lori Kenschaft
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 128
CONTENTS......Page 7
1 THE LOVE OF BOOKS......Page 8
2 A RISING STAR......Page 22
The Art of Housekeeping......Page 36
3 THE ABOLITIONIST CRUSADE......Page 43
A Matter of Duty......Page 46
4 THE PURSUIT OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE......Page 63
A Call for Equality......Page 66
5 A STORM GATHERS......Page 75
Emancipation Never Leads to Bloodshed......Page 83
6 WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH......Page 91
Character Can Overcome......Page 102
7 TWILIGHT YEARS......Page 108
CHRONOLOGY......Page 116
FURTHER READING......Page 118
MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES......Page 122
F......Page 123
S......Page 124
W......Page 125
